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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 10, 2007Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 PM CDT for Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2007, 9:44 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hale County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2007-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLUB 110217
SVRLUB
TXC189-303-110300-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0252.071011T0216Z-071011T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
916 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
  NORTHWESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES WEST OF ABERNATHY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL AREAS OF  
  THE INDICATED COUNTIES AND ABERNATHY.

LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 3380 10181 3374 10203 3393 10208 3400 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 327DEG 14KT 3387 10200

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 110231
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
931 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007

TXC189-303-110300-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-071011T0300Z/
HALE TX-LUBBOCK TX-
931 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LUBBOCK AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES...

AT 925 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 7 MILES WEST OF ABERNATHY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ABERNATHY.

LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 3392 10192 3380 10181 3379 10183 3378 10188
      3377 10189 3377 10192 3375 10199 3387 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 329DEG 26KT 3377 10193

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 110244
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
944 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007

TXC189-303-110254-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-071011T0300Z/
HALE TX-LUBBOCK TX-
944 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LUBBOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN HALE COUNTIES IS CANCELED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THROUGH 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3392 10192 3380 10181 3379 10183 3378 10188
      3377 10189 3377 10192 3375 10199 3387 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 329DEG 26KT 3369 10187

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher51 min
Oct 10, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb38 min
Oct 10, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb21 min
Oct 10, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb59 min
Oct 10, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock40 min
Oct 11, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock47 min
Oct 11, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn63 min
Oct 11, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran29 min
Oct 11, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran47 min
Oct 11, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock31 min
Oct 11, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn17 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.