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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 22, 2000Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2000, 8:24 PM CST for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2000, 8:24 PM CST (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2000, 9:15 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Stonewall County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 2000-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLUB 230225
SVRLBB
TXC433-230315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
824 PM CST WED MAR 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 820 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF ASPERMONT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HAMLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OLD GLORY
  AND ASPERMONT.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 806-745-4260.

LAT...LON 3299 10040 3296 10003 3330 9997 3340 10021

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley39 min
Mar 22, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBKent31 min
Mar 22, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBStonewall27 min
Mar 22, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent31 min
Mar 22, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBKing46 min
Mar 23, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBKent, King, Stonewall15 hr
Mar 23, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum40 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.