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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 23, 2007Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2007, 11:01 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 23, 2007, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2007, 11:25 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

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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 Apr 23, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
843 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

.UPDATE...
FOCUS FOR CONVECTION REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWFA.
HAVE SHIFTED LIKELY POPS TO THAT REGION AND HAVE LOWERED POPS TO
SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION OVER THE NORTHEAST. SEVERE WORDING WILL
REMAIN THROUGH 06Z.

SECONDARY JET ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT
WHICH MAY SPARK ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WILL KEEP 06 TO 12Z GRIDS AS IS AND MONITOR SEVERE POTENTIAL
OVERNIGHT.

IN ADDITION...WIND AND DUST POTENTIAL LOOKING FORMIDABLE FOR
TOMORROW. THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE LIKELY BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.  KW

&&

.AVIATION...
INITIAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL NOT AFFECT TERMINALS KLBB OR
KCDS. WILL KEEP A CB IN THE KLBB TAF. KW

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA        47  72  41  65  42 /  10  10  20  10   0
TULIA         53  74  42  64  44 /  20  10  20  10   0
PLAINVIEW     53  76  41  66  44 /  20  10  20  10   0
LEVELLAND     52  77  43  69  45 /  20  10  10  10   0
LUBBOCK       56  79  43  68  46 /  20  10  10  10   0
BROWNFIELD    54  80  45  71  47 /  20  10  10   0   0
CHILDRESS     62  82  51  67  46 /  40  10  10  10  10
SPUR          58  84  48  70  47 /  50  10  10  10   0
ASPERMONT     64  86  50  72  48 /  60  20  10  10   0

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ033>044.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 12:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1220 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

TXZ021>044-241730-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1220 PM CDT MON APR 23 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING
PLAINS...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HAPPY TO PLAINVIEW
TO CROSBYTON TO PADUCAH. THE DRY-LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED
ALONG AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 27 CORRIDOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST EAST OF
THE DRY-LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MAY BECOME SEVERE AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE
NORTH OF THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE WINDS AROUND 30
MPH AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROVIDE THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH...IN REGIONS WITH CURED FINE
FUELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
915 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0911 PM     HAIL             2 SW POST               33.17N 101.41W
04/23/2007  E0.75 INCH       GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

FB

Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
950 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 PM     HAIL             7 E POST                33.19N 101.26W
04/23/2007  E1.75 INCH       GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF 380 AND DOUBLE MTN. FORK OF BRAZOS
            RIVER

&&

FB

Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
951 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             10 NE POST              33.29N 101.26W
04/23/2007  E1.75 INCH       GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF 2008 AND SALT FORK

&&

FB

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:07 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1007 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1003 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     20 ENE POST             33.30N 101.06W
04/23/2007                   GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NORTH OF FM 2008 AND US HIGHWAY
            380 BY GARZA SO AND STORM SPOTTERS

&&

GS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:23 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1023 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1016 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     13 ENE POST             33.26N 101.17W
04/23/2007                   GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD VIEWED FROM US HIGHWAY 380

&&

GS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1054 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1022 PM     HAIL             GIRARD                  33.36N 100.66W
04/23/2007  E1.00 INCH       KENT               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

FB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	61 min
Apr 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	61 min
Apr 23, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	60 min
Apr 23, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	43 min
Apr 23, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	60 min
Apr 23, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Kent	54 min
Apr 23, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	58 min
Apr 23, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	45 min
Apr 23, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Motley	30 min
Apr 24, 3:26 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LUB	Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, Kent and 6 more	16 hr
Apr 24, 3:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more	15 hr

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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.