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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 11:16 AM CDT for Hockley County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 2008, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
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, 9:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 9:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 942 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 .UPDATE... MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION. SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE AS JET ENERGY MOVES INTO WEST TEXAS. WILL NEED TO MONITOR LOCATION OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WHERE WE WILL SEE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 78 51 86 47 76 / 50 10 0 0 0 TULIA 71 53 88 51 74 / 60 20 0 0 0 PLAINVIEW 72 52 89 51 77 / 60 20 0 0 0 LEVELLAND 81 51 89 51 79 / 60 10 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 75 55 90 53 78 / 60 20 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 82 53 91 52 81 / 50 10 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 74 60 91 59 78 / 70 40 0 0 0 SPUR 76 58 92 57 80 / 60 20 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 80 64 93 64 82 / 70 50 0 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 11:35 AM CDT, 23 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1135 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 TXZ021>044-231645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1135 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT. GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL SURGE BACK INTO WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AS STRONGER JET ENERGY MOVES TOWARD THE REGION FROM NORTHWESTERN MEXICO. AS THE LIFT INCREASES WITH THIS JET ENERGY AFTER 3 AM THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL FROM THE ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR INTERACT WITH THE LIFT GENERATED BY THE SOUTHERN JET STREAM ENERGY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL SHOULD SHIFT QUICKLY EASTWARD OFF THE CAPROCK AND MAY END BY 5 PM. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 3 AM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 9:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 946 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXZ028-231530- LAMB TX- 946 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS LAMB COUNTY... AT 945 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMHERST...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. KW
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1002 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXZ027-028-033-034-231530- BAILEY TX-LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX-COCHRAN TX- 1002 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN COCHRAN...WESTERN HOCKLEY...SOUTHWEST LAMB AND SOUTHEAST BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 1000 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BULA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MORTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BULA AND PEP. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1013 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXZ028-029-034-231545- HALE TX-LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX- 1013 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN HOCKLEY AND SOUTHERN LAMB COUNTIES...MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN WESTERN HALE COUNTY... AT 1009 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THE TOWN OF SPADE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:29 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1029 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXZ028-034-231600- LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX- 1029 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HOCKLEY AND LAMB COUNTIES... AT 1024 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF PEP...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:48 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1048 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXZ022-023-029-231615- CASTRO TX-SWISHER TX-HALE TX- 1048 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HALE...SWISHER AND CASTRO COUNTIES... AT 1044 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALFWAY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALE CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:05 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 26 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.