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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 4, 2002Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 2:26 PM CDT for Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2002, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Shallowater, TXWind-driven hail up to golfball size destroyed more than 11,000 acres of cotton.
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EShallowater, TX
Jun 4, 2:42 PM CDTHail 1.75Roundup, TXThe Hockley County Sheriff's office reported golfball size hail.
Jun 4, 3:00 PM CDTHail 1.5Reese Afb, TX
Jun 4, 3:03 PM CDTHail 1.75Reese Afb, TXStorm 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4820 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4820 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

853 
WUUS54 KLUB 041926
SVRLBB
TXC219-303-042015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
226 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLFBALLS 13 MILES WEST OF WOLFFORTH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REESE CENTER.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SLIDE...
  WOLFFORTH...
  REESE CENTER AND WOODROW...
  LUBBOCK SOUTH PLAINS MALL...
  ANTON...

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 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3339 10235 3340 10178 3382 10165 3383 10221

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall50 min
Jun 4, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall47 min
Jun 4, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing49 min
Jun 4, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress42 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle47 min
Jun 4, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey54 min
Jun 4, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale50 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley43 min
Jun 4, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock23 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock45 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale60 min
Jun 4, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd44 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock45 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley46 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale, Lubbock2 hr
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock48 min
Jun 4, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley24 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley48 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd65 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale30 min
Jun 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle33 min
Jun 4, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall47 min
Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley41 min
Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.