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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 24, 2003Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2003, 8:16 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2003, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
345 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

DAY ONE...
DEEP MOISTURE PLUME BULGING INTO SOUTH PLAINS ON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
FLOW CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH DEWPOINTS AND FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUDS TODAY.
THIS HAS SLOWED SURFACE HEATING...WITH MOST AREAS STILL NEEDING A
DEGREES OR SO TO REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES. MIXING APPEARS
WEAKER TODAY AT LEAST THROUGH CENTRAL ZONES WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS
HOLDING IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. STILL...WILL HOLD ON TO CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AS OPPOSED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING...BEING STILL SOMEWHAT CONDITIONAL ON BREAKING THROUGH THE
FINAL BIT OF CAPPING. FAR WESTERN ZONES APPEAR SOMEWHAT MORE
FAVORABLE FOR INITIATION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON CIN VALUES
BELOW 20 J/KG. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FIRE WILL AGAIN HAVE MODERATE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTRIBUTING JUST ENOUGH SHEAR FOR A SLIGHT
SEVERE THREAT. CAPES APPEAR MODERATE WITH ABOUT 1500-2000 J/KG IN
THE FULLY MIXED LAYER PROBABLY AVAILABLE WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.

MORE DEBRIS CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...STILL MAINLY SOUTHEAST ZONES GIVEN
FLOW ALOFT. EXPECT PATCHY STRATUS AGAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING LIFTING
INTO CU FIELD DURING THE AFTERNOON. APPEARS WESTERN TROF STARTING TO
BEND INTO THE HIGH PLAINS WILL SUPPRESS THE DEEP MOISTURE PLUME...BUT
WE WILL ALSO BE IN STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENT ZONE WEDNESDAY AS
WELL AS STRONGER SURFACE CONVERGENCE/DRYLINE ACTION. SO...KEPT
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AND EXPANDED SLIGHTLY
INTO SOUTHERN ZONES AS WELL TO FIT CLOSE TO MESO-ETA DEPICTION.
MCQUEEN/05

DAYS 2 THROUGH 7
SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER TEXAS COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST ACROSS
NORTHERN MEXICO TO THE BAJA REGION BY EARLY FRIDAY.  AS IT MOVES
WEST...A SHORT WAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL DIVE THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES
PUSHING AN UNUSUALLY STRONG FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THROUGH THE
REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.  THE FRONT WILL BRING AN
INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE...EXPECT CLEARING SKIES BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS COOLER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.  COOLER
TEMPERATURES SHOULD LAST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE BAJA REGION...NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO OUR WESTERN
COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT BASICALLY SAME PATTERN FOR SATURDAY
NIGHT...BUT STRENGTH OF UPPER FLOW MAY BE A FACTOR LIMITING RAIN
CHANCES.  PLAN ON GOING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER BOTH NIGHTS.

THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOWS UPPER HIGH STARTING TO MOVE
BACK TO THE EAST...BUT CENTERED MORE OVER WEST TEXAS.  IF MODELS ARE
CORRECT WITH THIS TREND...CAN EXPECT DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER NEXT
WEEK.  FCSTID = 04

FRIONA      64 90 58 74 / 30 20 30 20
TULIA       67 91 60 76 / 30 20 30 20
PLAINVIEW   68 92 62 77 / 30 20 30 20
LEVELLAND   68 94 64 78 / 30 20 30 30
LUBBOCK     70 93 65 79 / 30 20 30 30
BROWNFIELD  70 95 66 81 / 30 10 30 30
CHILDRESS   72 95 66 79 / 20 20 40 20
SPUR        72 95 68 82 / 20 10 40 30
ASPERMONT   75 96 72 84 / 20 10 40 30

.LBB...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 11:40 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ021>044-242230-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS
SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
PANHANDLE...JUST EAST OF A DRY LINE NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS AS A STRONG
COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THIS REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:16 PM CDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK, TX
416 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

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

0824 PM    3 N NEW MOORE             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/03   LYNN

0826 PM    3 W WELLS                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/03   LYNN

JV
Local storm report, Jun 24, 7:29 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.