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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 27, 2008Cottle County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT for Cottle County, Motley 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
Jul 27, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2008, 7:44 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cottle County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 6:21 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
538 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

TXZ029-272315-
HALE TX-
538 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HALE COUNTY...

AT 535 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HALE CENTER. LOCALIZED
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. LOCALIZED PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE
NEAR THIS STORM.

MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
559 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

TXZ025-272330-
HALL TX-
559 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HALL COUNTY...

AT 556 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED AND BRIEF
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH IN THE MEMPHIS VICINITY...IN ADDITION TO A
PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:57 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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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.