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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 20, 2004Hockley County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2004, 1:01 AM CDT for Hockley County, Lamb 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
Aug 20, 2004, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 Aug 19, 10:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 10:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:16 AM CDT, 13 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1116 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

TXZ021>044-192230-
BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD-
GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER-
STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM-
1116 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

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

.DAY ONE...

CONVECTIVE

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO LATER TODAY...A
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BY EARLY EVENING AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AMOUNTS WILL COMBINE TO INITIATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
AND WIND SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO MULTICELL CLUSTERS AND POSSIBLY SOME SUPERCELLS.
THUS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING
60 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH
A CHILDRESS TO PLAINVIEW TO MORTON LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG
AND NEAR A COLD FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS THE
FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. A FEW STORMS
MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS IN THIS AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
MOVING SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN DURING THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran37 min
Aug 20, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004Every 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.