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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 10, 2005Castro County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 10, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Castro County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
Jun 10, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2269 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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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 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:05 PM 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
Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe53 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale17 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher36 min
Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd35 min
Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock31 min
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale53 min
Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd51 min
Jun 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby58 min
Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd3 hr
Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby23 min
Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe45 min
Jun 9, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd29 min
Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby49 min
Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall56 min
Jun 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd66 min
Jun 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley66 min
Jun 9, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens50 min
Jun 9, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby59 min
Jun 9, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress52 min
Jun 9, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley59 min
Jun 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing64 min
Jun 9, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle56 min
Jun 9, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens40 min
Jun 10, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Swisher43 min
Jun 10, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe49 min
Jun 10, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher55 min
Jun 10, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe31 min
Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.