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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 2005Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2005, 2:56 AM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2005, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
34 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1385 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLUB 050758
SVRLUB
TXC305-050830-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0252.050705T0756Z-050705T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
256 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LYNN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE           
  EXTENDING FROM SOUTHLAND TO TAHOKA TO NORTH OF ODONNELL...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NEW MOORE...
  GRASSLAND...TAHOKA AND ODONNELL.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY 
RAIN. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3303 10205 3339 10169 3339 10157 3339 10157
      3311 10157 3296 10174 3296 10190

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb37 min
Jul 5, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley42 min
Jul 5, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale64 min
Jul 5, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock59 min
Jul 5, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock32 min
Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby40 min
Jul 5, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.