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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 18, 2003Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2003, 11:50 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2003, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

000 
WUUS54 KLUB 190450
SVRLBB
TXC101-190515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1149 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLFBALLS 6 MILES SOUTH OF CEE VEE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PADUCAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS
  RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  CEE VEE AND PADUCAH...
  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 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3429 10050 3391 10050 3396 10005 3431 10004

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby66 min
Apr 18, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens44 min
Apr 18, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry38 min
Apr 18, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley51 min
Apr 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress61 min
Apr 18, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock67 min
Apr 19, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby45 min
Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry59 min
Apr 19, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn57 min
Apr 19, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens64 min
Apr 19, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley36 min
Apr 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing31 min
Apr 19, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby44 min
Apr 19, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing25 min
Apr 19, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle37 min
Apr 19, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby28 min
Apr 19, 1:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens41 min
Apr 19, 1:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley50 min
Apr 19, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle14 min
Apr 19, 1:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle65 min
Apr 19, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza38 min
Apr 19, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress32 min
Apr 19, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby29 min
Apr 19, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens53 min
Apr 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza60 min
Apr 19, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley22 min
Apr 19, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King46 min
Apr 19, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.