Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

Feb 24, 2000, 7:10 PM CST (01:10 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2000, 7:45 PM CST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KLUB 250112
SVRLBB
TXC303-305-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
710 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LYNN COUNTY IN TEXAS
  LUBBOCK COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 706 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF SLIDE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  WEST OF TAHOKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SLATON...
  RANSOM CANYON...SLIDE...WOODROW...TEXAS TECH UNIV....LUBBOCK...
  LUBBOCK SOUTH PLAINS MALL...LUBBOCK INT. AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN
  LUBBOCK.

* THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

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*.

LAT...LON 3324 10207 3307 10197 3344 10159 3370 10185

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 24, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
200 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

STRONG NEGATIVE TILT SHORTWAVE TROF WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA
TONIGHT. SYSTEM IS FAR ENOUGH WEST SUCH THAT LOW LEVEL DRY PUSH NOT
LIKELY UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, WHICH MEANS CONVECTIVE THREAT
TONIGHT REMAINS ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS UNDERWAY, OWING TO INCREASING UPPER
DIVERGENCE AND ATTENDANT SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS TO THE NORTHWEST.
SEE SPC DAY 1 DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS CONCERNING SEVERE RISK.

AS THE SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES JUST NORTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY, BAND OF
HIGH WINDS ALOFT WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. ETA/AVN
SURFACE WIND PROGS ARE BOTH IN EXCESS OF 30KT AT 18Z FRIDAY, WHICH
IS RATHER HIGH. WITH DRYING ALOFT AND TIGHT GRADIENT, FEEL THERE MAY
BE SEVERAL HOURS OF WINDS SUSTAINED IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE, WITH
POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. WILL GO AHEAD WITH A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR
FRIDAY. MOST FAVORABLE AREA LOOKS TO BE THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA, BUT CERTAINLY POTENTIAL EXISTS TO THE NORTH.

EXTENDED LOOKS DRY WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE.

PRELIMINARY:
FRIONA      36/59/27/59 -000
TULIA       39/61/2:5/62 2000
CHILDRESS   46/64/32/64 4200
BROWNFIELD  42/66/30/66 1000
LUBBOCK     43/65/32/66 3000
ASPERMONT   50/67/38/68 5200

.LBB...HIGH WIND WATCH FRIDAY TX021>044

In the hours before

TXZ021>044-250500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
356 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 49
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...LOW ROLLING PLAINS
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA:

BRISCOE...HALL...CHILDRESS...FLOYD...MOTLEY...COTTLE...
CROSBY...DICKENS...KING...GARZA...KENT...STONEWALL...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TAYLOR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.