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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 17, 2004Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2004, 8:56 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 17, 2004, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
708 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0504 PM     HAIL             ODONNELL               32.97N 101.83W
06/17/2004  0.88 INCH        LYNN               TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

0505 PM     DOWNBURST        ROPESVILLE              33.41N 102.15W
06/17/2004                   HOCKLEY            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL

0509 PM     HAIL             3 SW POST               33.16N 101.42W
06/17/2004  1.75 INCH        GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0541 PM     DOWNBURST        1 S MEADOW              33.32N 102.21W
06/17/2004                   TERRY              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            CENTER PIVOT TURNED OVER, TRAILER HOME WINDOWS BLOWN OUT
            AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMMAGE

0600 PM     HAIL             LITTLEFIELD             33.92N 102.33W
06/17/2004  1.00 INCH        LAMB               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EAST SIDE OF TOWN

0625 PM     DOWNBURST        5 SW GRAHAM             33.10N 101.53W
06/17/2004                   GARZA              TX   MESONET

            64 MPH WIND GUST

0642 PM     HAIL             5 ENE FINNEY            33.81N 100.31W
06/17/2004  0.88 INCH        KING               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0520 PM     HAIL             POST                    33.19N 101.38W
06/17/2004  1.75 INCH        GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0540 PM     HAIL             ODONNELL               32.97N 101.83W
06/17/2004  0.88 INCH        LYNN               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JV

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
750 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     DOWNBURST        3 S DICKENS             33.58N 100.84W
06/17/2004                   DICKENS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN...VERY STRONG WIND

0727 PM     HAIL             W QUITAQUE              34.37N 101.05W
06/17/2004  1.00 INCH        BRISCOE            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            JUST WEST OF QUITAQUE

0610 PM     DOWNBURST        7 E SILVERTON           34.47N 101.18W
06/17/2004                   BRISCOE            TX   MESONET

            64 MPH WIND GUST

&&

JV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	37 min
Jun 17, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Motley	47 min
Jun 17, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Kent	3 hr
Jun 17, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	58 min
Jun 17, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe	29 min
Jun 17, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	54 min
Jun 17, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd	50 min
Jun 17, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd	44 min
Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro	38 min
Jun 17, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Swisher	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.