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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 14, 2005Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 4:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Afton, TX
Sep 14, 4:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Afton, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 14, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2005-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 142127
SVRLUB
TXC125-142215-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0310.050914T2127Z-050914T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
427 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MCADOO...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MCADOO AND
  AFTON.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3371 10065 3369 10079 3364 10095 3375 10104
      3380 10104 3383 10101 3383 10095 3384 10094
      3384 10053

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 142141
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
440 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

TXC125-142215-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050914T2215Z/
DICKENS TX-
440 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
DICKENS COUNTY...

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 439 PM IN AFTON BY THE DICKENS
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR AFTON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF DICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3371 10065 3369 10079 3364 10095 3375 10104
      3380 10104 3383 10101 3383 10095 3384 10094
      3384 10053

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 142206
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
506 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

TXC125-142215-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050914T2215Z/
DICKENS TX-
506 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
DICKENS COUNTY...

AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER DICKENS COUNTY...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKENS...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3369 10053 3369 10072 3384 10072 3384 10053

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn42 min
Sep 14, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza58 min
Sep 14, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley23 min
Sep 14, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle61 min
Sep 14, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing65 min
Sep 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens34 min
Sep 14, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza25 min
Sep 14, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent59 min
Sep 14, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby56 min
Sep 14, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent47 min
Sep 14, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock17 min
Sep 14, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza35 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.