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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 14, 20085 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2008, 10:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 14, 2008, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickens County, TX, Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer59 min
Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher62 min
Aug 14, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock54 min
Aug 14, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent and 3 more67 min
Aug 15, 2:45 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLUBCastro2 hr

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.