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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 16, 1997Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 16, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL
CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY
DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL
CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY
DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8
PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE
FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT
STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8
PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE
FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT
STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8
PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE
CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:16 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED:  BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8
PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:  HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE
CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens64 min
Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent50 min
Jun 16, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress32 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing64 min
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent, Stonewall46 min
Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.