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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 2001Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 12:19 AM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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: Jun 5, 2001, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kent County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

213 
WUUS54 KLUB 050520 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC263-050600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1219 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAIREMONT...OR ABOUT 20
  MILES WEST OF JAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  JAYTON...
  GIRARD...

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 3338 10104 3297 10103 3306 10064 3338 10054

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 Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1130 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

AFT COORD CALL WITH SPC NEW BOX WL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR FAR ERN ROW
OF ZONES TIL 08Z. WL LIKELY LCL ADD ONE TO TWO ZONES AND WL COORD
WITH WFO FWD. WL ALSO UPDATE THE ZFP TO INCR POPS IN THESE AREAS.
DRYLINE NOW MAKING GOOD PROGRESS W BUT THINK MAIN PRECIP WL BE
ACROSS ERN AREAS.

.LUB...NONE.

ST

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
747 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0733 PM    12 SW DICKENS             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   DICKENS                        REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY
                                          OF GILPIN BY DICKENS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS zOFFICE.

0720 PM    5 W GIRARD                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   KENT                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

ST

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
747 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

...CORRECTED LOCATION OF HAIL REPORT IN DICKENS COUNTY...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0733 PM    12 SE DICKENS             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   DICKENS                        REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY
                                          OF GILPIN BY DICKENS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0720 PM    5 W GIRARD                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   KENT                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

ST

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-050500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
854 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING...

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

THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LUBBOCK METROPOLITAN AREA.

EARLY THIS EVENING THE DRYLINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND EXTENDED
ALONG A LINE FROM THE MACKENZIE RESERVOIR SOUTH TO LORENZO TO NEAR
GRASSLAND. ALONG AND BEHIND THE DRYLINE...CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AS WELL AS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS
EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ST

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0938 PM    4 E ASPERMONT             TX   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   STONEWALL                      REPORTED BY STONEWALL
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS.

ST

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
747 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

...CORRECTED LOCATION OF HAIL REPORT IN DICKENS COUNTY...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0733 PM    12 SE DICKENS             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   DICKENS                        REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY
                                          OF GILPIN BY DICKENS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0720 PM    5 W GIRARD                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   KENT                           REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

ST

@RUKWBCe6KDENNWUS54 KLUB 050253
LSRLBB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0938 PM    4 E ASPERMONT             TX   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   STONEWALL                      REPORTED BY STONEWALL
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS.

ST

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

TXZ026-032-037-038-043-044-050800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1146 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING...

KING...CHILDRESS...STONEWALL...KENT...COTTLE AND DICKENS...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR HALL...MOTLEY...
GARZA...CROSBY...FLOYD AND BRISCOE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	52 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	44 min
Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	44 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	50 min
Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	33 min
Jun 4, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Kent	2 hr
Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	45 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Motley	25 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Motley	30 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Motley	42 min
Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	60 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.