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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 14, 1997Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 4:57 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1997, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:58 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Vigo Park, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 797 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ021>044-142000-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1223 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

EXTREMELY MOIST TROPICAL AIR OVER WEST TEXAS TODAY HAS COMBINED
WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH INSTABILITIES OVER THE
REGION.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AND INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON.  DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ021>044-142000-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1223 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

EXTREMELY MOIST TROPICAL AIR OVER WEST TEXAS TODAY HAS COMBINED
WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH INSTABILITIES OVER THE
REGION.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AND INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON.  DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ041-142035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
314 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

AT 310 PM...55 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED WERE REPORTED
BY A WEATHER SERVICE COOP-OBSERVER IN NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ041-142035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
314 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

AT 310 PM...55 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED WERE REPORTED
BY A WEATHER SERVICE COOP-OBSERVER IN NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ033-142110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
351 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

AT 350 PM...CHANNEL 11 TELEVISION STATION REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED
HAIL WAS FALLING IN WHITEFACE.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ033-142110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
351 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

AT 350 PM...CHANNEL 11 TELEVISION STATION REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED
HAIL WAS FALLING IN WHITEFACE.(

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn46 min
Jun 14, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby63 min
Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran35 min
Jun 14, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum64 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock50 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer62 min
Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley60 min
Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd62 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey62 min
Jun 14, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza64 min
Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry34 min
Jun 14, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran47 min
Jun 14, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock64 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro61 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn64 min
Jun 14, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb61 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale61 min
Jun 14, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent63 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza60 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd52 min
Jun 14, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent65 min
Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd59 min
Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe59 min
Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley60 min
Jun 14, 6:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKent2 hr

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.