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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 4, 2002Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hale County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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, 3:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 MAbernathy, TXThe West Texas Mesonet station northeast of town measured 69 mph wind gusts.
Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPlainview, TXStrong thunderstorm winds snapped thirteen large transmission poles and fourteen distribution poles.
Jun 4, 4:10 PM CDTHail 1.75Petersburg, TXWind-driven golfball size hail was reported by law enforcement officials. At least 8000 acres of cotton were destroyed.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4073 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
4073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock49 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, 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.