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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 15, 2009Childress County, Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, 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
May 15, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2009, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 May 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 1:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
157 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

TXZ021>044-161900-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
157 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THE
DRYLINE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS AS
STRONG INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED. STORMS WILL INITIATE ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS...MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE ROLLING
PLAINS.

FIRE WEATHER

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WITHIN A VERY DRY AIRMASS OVER THE
WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WILL PRESENT A THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING WHICH
MAY IGNITE WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY IN
THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THESE STORMS MAY
ADDITIONALLY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
PANHANDLE AND THE ROLLING PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 15, 4:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
412 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

TXZ024-025-030-031-152145-
BRISCOE TX-HALL TX-MOTLEY TX-FLOYD TX-
412 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FLOYD...MOTLEY...HALL AND BRISCOE
COUNTIES...

AT 410 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR BRICE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
QUITAQUE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3475 10069 3428 10085 3428 10126 3475 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 250DEG 16KT 3441 10109
Local storm report, May 15, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall53 min
May 15, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.