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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
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 Mar 28, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 816 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 .UPDATE... SUPERCELLS HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...WITH NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM MORTON TO NEAR TATUM AND LOVINGTON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO FILL IN ALONG CONVERGENT TROUGH AXIS. WINDS HAVE BACKED IN THE MOIST AIR OVER MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WITH 60 DEG DEWPOINTS AS FAR WEST AS BROWNFIELD AND LEVELLAND. PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL EVENTUALLY INTERCEPT THE SFC TROUGH/DRYLINE WITH DISCRETE STORMS MERGING/DEVELOPING INTO SQUALL LINE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS IN THE 02-06Z TIME FRAME...AND ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS AND SE PANHANDLE THEREAFTER. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SEVERE THREAT PAST MIDNIGHT WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF HAIL...WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 39 65 38 61 36 / 20 0 10 10 20 TULIA 46 68 39 63 38 / 50 10 10 20 20 PLAINVIEW 47 69 40 63 40 / 50 10 10 20 20 LEVELLAND 46 68 40 67 41 / 30 10 10 20 10 LUBBOCK 48 70 42 68 41 / 50 10 10 20 10 BROWNFIELD 46 71 41 67 42 / 30 10 10 20 10 CHILDRESS 55 73 51 69 45 / 70 30 20 40 20 SPUR 55 72 45 67 44 / 60 20 20 40 10 ASPERMONT 59 71 49 67 47 / 70 40 30 40 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JJ/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 11:43 AM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-291645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON JUST EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS THE STORMS ENCOUNTER DEEPER MOISTURE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX THROUGH THE EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FLOODING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
718 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 PM TORNADO 12 SW BRICE 34.59N 101.04W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRICE AT 643 PM CDT. IT DISSIPATED AT 709 PM
CDT.
&&
FBOWSERSpecial weather statement, Mar 28, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-290230- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS FLOYD...BRISCOE AND HALL COUNTIES HAVE ALL MOVED INTO THE PANHANDLE. SEVERAL LONG LIVED TORNADOES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE REPORTS ARE LIMITED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL ENERGY WILL ROTATE OVER WEST TEXAS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL TRACK TOWARDS WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO LINE UP ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AROUND 9 PM. AS THIS LINE MOVES EASTWARD THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH TURNING OF THE WINDS AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH THE IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL TORNADOES. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR COMMUNITY BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
Local storm report, Mar 28, 9:21 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 28, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Yoakum | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby | 119 min |
| Mar 29, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.