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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 9, 2008Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 9, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Apr 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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 Apr 9, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXZ021>044-102315-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

A WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO HOLD IN PLACE FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO
NEAR TATUM SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MIDLAND THEN NORTHEAST TO ABILENE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE EVENING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. ALTHOUGH SURFACE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS REMAIN COOL AND STABLE THERE IS
STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY MOVING OVER THE WARM FRONT AND ABOVE THE
COOL SURFACE AIR TO SUPPORT ELEVATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS.

SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WILL SPREAD EAST
THROUGH THE EVENING WITH COVERAGE INCREASING WITH TIME. THE BEST
POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE EAST OF
INTERSTATE 27 DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN
ADDITION...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE DRYLINE AND
WARM FRONT INTERSECTION ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WILL ALSO MOVE
NORTH AND COULD IMPACT THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS. THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL BUT ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
SOUTH PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS ON THURSDAY AS STRONG
WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MID THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA
MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 40 MPH...WITH BLOWING
DUST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND
ROLLING PLAINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress31 min
Apr 9, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock41 min
Apr 9, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley56 min
Apr 9, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent49 min
Apr 9, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle67 min
Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall64 min
Apr 9, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing41 min
Apr 10, 3:36 AM CDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Floyd, Garza and 9 more15 hr
Apr 10, 3:36 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more15 hr
Apr 10, 5:49 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 11 more15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.