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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 23, 2001Childress County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2001, 5:55 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2001, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 23, 5:55 PM CDT	Hail 2.5	Memphis, TX	Tennis ball size hail was reported by fire department storm spotters.
Aug 23, 6:11 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Memphis, TX	Fire department storm spotters reported golfball size hail.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 23, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Aug 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
320 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2001

SHORT WAVE IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON IS HELPING ENHANCE THE LIFT COMING OUT OF EASTERN NEW
MEXICO INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  STEERING WINDS SHOULD
MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.  THE FORECAST
MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE ETA...MIXED OUT THE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND AS A RESULT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATED THE
INSTABILITY.  THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF
THE SOUTH PLAINS SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING
DAMAGING WINDS WITH A LESSER PROBABILITY OF LARGE HAIL.

THE SHORT WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE IS ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF AN
UPPER LOW OVER COLORADO THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM OF THE FORECAST.  BY SATURDAY THE LOW SHOULD MOVE FAR ENOUGH
EAST TO ALLOW A FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS...POSSIBLY
AS FAR SOUTH AS OUR FORECAST AREA.  AVN MODEL IS SIGNIFICANTLY
STRONGER WITH THIS FRONT ON SATURDAY.   WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS
FEATURE A COUPLE MORE MODELS RUNS BEFORE GETTING TOO EXCITED ABOUT
RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY...BUT WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST SOME POPS.

BEYOND SATURDAY AND GOING ON THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WITH THE UPPER
LOW MOVING EAST...THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED TO
OUR WEST...PUTTING US IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.  THUS WILL INCLUDE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OF THE NIGHTIME OR MORNING
VARIETY.

PRELIMINARY:
FRI   64  92  63  90 /  40  10  20  20
TUL   64  92  63  90 /  40  10  20  20
CDS   71  97  71  95 /  40  10  20  20
BNF   69  95  69  93 /  40  10  20  20
LBB   69  95  69  93 /  40  10  20  20
ASP   71  97  71  95 /  40  10  20  20

.LUB...NONE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lamb	49 min
Aug 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley	52 min
Aug 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	38 min
Aug 23, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley	26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.