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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 14, 2009Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2009, 9:56 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 14, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 7.8

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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 Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:27 AM CDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1127 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ021>044-151630-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1127 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK
AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND
STRUCTURE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF
THE AREA...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 60 MPH.

A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS EVENING AND AFFECT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...THERE WOULD EXIST A GREATER RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH
AND HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
503 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     HAIL             3 NE SILVERTON          34.50N 101.27W
06/14/2009  E1.75 INCH       BRISCOE            TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00582

ELLIS

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
509 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ021-022-028-142245-
PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-LAMB TX-
509 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LAMB...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES...

AT 509 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARTH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
EAST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3443 10220 3419 10243 3426 10261 3431 10261
      3453 10250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 209DEG 29KT 3427 10250

JW/RB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
529 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             TURKEY                  34.39N 100.90W
06/14/2009  E0.75 INCH       HALL               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00583

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
535 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     HAIL             MATADOR                 34.02N 100.82W
06/14/2009  E2.00 INCH       MOTLEY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00584

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
607 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0606 PM     HAIL             PADUCAH                 34.01N 100.30W
06/14/2009  E0.88 INCH       COTTLE             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00585

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 1 more	38 min
Jun 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	40 min
Jun 14, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock, Motley	57 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Parmer	50 min
Jun 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle	65 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Swisher	47 min
Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Hall, Motley	58 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, King	66 min
Jun 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.