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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 16, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Jun 16, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
536 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

TXZ024-025-162315-
BRISCOE TX-HALL TX-
536 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BRISCOE COUNTY...

AT 532 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BRISCOE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SILVERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY
SLOWLY BUT MAY REACH WESTERN HALL COUNTY BY 6 PM.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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, Jun 16, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
614 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

TXZ036-042-162345-
CROSBY TX-GARZA TX-
614 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GARZA AND CROSBY COUNTIES...

AT 611 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPROCK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CROSBYTON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF POST. BOTH THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
650 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

TXZ036-042-043-170030-
CROSBY TX-KENT TX-GARZA TX-
650 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS GARZA AND SOUTHERN CROSBY
COUNTIES...

AT 645 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF KALGARY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF POST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE
INTO KENT COUNTY BY 730 PM.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Kent	61 min
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	60 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall	44 min
Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	23 min
Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Parmer	60 min
Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Parmer	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.