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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 2, 2000Garza County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2000, 1:27 AM CST for Garza County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
Mar 2, 2000, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2000, 2:00 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Garza County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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
Mar 1, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2000-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 784 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLUB 020728
SVRLBB
TXC169-020800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
127 AM CST THU MAR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GARZA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 123 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER POST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SHERIFF IN POST REPORTED 1 INCH DIAMTER HAIL IN JUST SOUTHWEST
  OF POST AT 125 AM.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE POST.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 1:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
Mar 2, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby40 min
Mar 2, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock31 min
Mar 2, 2:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens24 min
Mar 2, 2:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn31 min
Mar 2, 3:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza37 min
Mar 2, 4:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent44 min
Mar 2, 4:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens50 min
Mar 2, 5:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing34 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.