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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 2005Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2005, 5:03 AM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
May 31, 2005, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lubbock County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2005-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 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 00:00Z on 2005-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 May 31, 4:37 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:37 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 1:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
139 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

0120 AM     HAIL             10 N BLEDSOE            33.76N 103.02W
05/31/2005  2.00 INCH        COCHRAN            TX   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED BY NEWS CHANNEL 11 STORM CHASER.

&&

KWIDELSKI
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
236 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXZ021>023-027>030-033>037-039>043-311200-
BAILEY-CASTRO-COCHRAN-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD-GARZA-HALE-HOCKLEY-KENT-
LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM-
241 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 360 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

BAILEY...CASTRO...COCHRAN...CROSBY...DICKENS...FLOYD...GARZA
....HALE...HOCKLEY...KENT...LAMB...LUBBOCK...LYNN...PARMER
...SWISHER...TERRY...AND YOAKUM

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 31, 2:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
249 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

0248 AM     HAIL             MULESHOE                34.23N 102.73W
05/31/2005  1.75 INCH        BAILEY             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran65 min
May 31, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley61 min
May 31, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey67 min
May 31, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
May 31, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn53 min
May 31, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn57 min
May 31, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb52 min
May 31, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley59 min
May 31, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn35 min
May 31, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock47 min
May 31, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro59 min
May 31, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer67 min
May 31, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher64 min
May 31, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBSwisher53 min
May 31, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro60 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 31, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb59 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher66 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro45 min
May 31, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley40 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd56 min
May 31, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale67 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb60 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley61 min
May 31, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb56 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.