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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2000, 2:09 AM CDT for Cottle County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2000, 2:09 AM CDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Cottle County, TX, King County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:12 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Dumont, 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 nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935 WUUS54 KLUB 290710 SVRLBB TXC101-269-290800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 209 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COTTLE COUNTY IN TEXAS NORTHWEST KING COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUMONT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... DUMONT... DELWIN... PADUCAH... HACKBERRY... SWEARINGEN... 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 806-745-4260. LAT...LON 3393 10053 3375 10053 3396 10006 3430 10017
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.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 28, 1:45 PM CDT, 12 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:45 PM CDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 145 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2000 LINE OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROF, SEEN AT 12Z/500 MB AS WIND SHIFT LINE IN EASTERN ARIZONA. THIS CONVECTION MAY HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES EAST, AND ENHANCE TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS, POSSIBLY EVOLVING INTO AN MCS NEAR THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS. BEST CHANCE OF THIS LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF OUR AREA, BUT A CONTINUATION OF THE CHANCE IS WARRANTED ACROSS OUR AREA OWING TO INCREASING LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY. FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND IS NOT VERY CLEAR, AT LEAST TO ME. LARGER SCALE PARAMETERS AS SEEN ON THE PROGS VALID SATURDAY AFTERNOON SUGGEST DRYLINE INITIATION IS POSSIBLE WESTERN ZONES, WITH SOME EASTWARD DRIFT OF RESULTING THUNDERSTORMS. PROGGED AFTERNOON MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE RATHER WARM AND FLOW ALOFT RATHER WEAK, POSSIBLY LIMITING BOTH EASTWARD EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE CONVECTION. HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN ANY PART OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD AN MCS CRANK UP TONIGHT, PROVIDING ANOTHER LOW LEVEL FOCUS. ALSO, WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS SEEN IN THE SURFACE PROGS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN ZONES, INITIATION NEAR THE CAPROCK COULD OCCUR. ERGO, CHANCE OF STORMS AREAWIDE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT ANOTHER MCS COULD DEVELOP, WITH HEAVY RAIN WHEREVER IT HAPPENS, AND THE PROSPECT OF YET ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OR EVEN A COMPLETELY TRASHED LOW LEVEL AIRMASS ON SUNDAY IF AN MCS IS CLOSE ENOUGH AND COOL FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE LARGE SCALE PARAMETERS DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY, AS FORECAST BY THE AVN, LOOK FAVORABLE FOR AN ACTIVE DRYLINE OWING TO VEERED/STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW, AND HIGH THETAE EAST OF THE DRYLINE. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE OF STORMS SUNDAY ALL AREAS, WITH HIGHER CHANCE IN THE EASTERN HALF. PRELIMINARY: FRIONA/TULIA 52/80/53/75 3422 CHILDRESS 55/79/59/79 4434 BROWNFIELD/LUBBOCK 56/84/57/79 3432 ASPERMONT 59/83/63/82 2334 .LBB...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.