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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 17, 1995Bailey County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 1:11 AM CDT for Bailey County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 1:49 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bailey County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry26 min
May 17, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley28 min
May 17, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock28 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.