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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 17, 2009Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 6:11 PM CDT for Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 17, 2009, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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
Jul 17, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 Jul 17, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 11:31 AM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1131 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

TXZ021>044-181645-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1131 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD OVER
MUCH OR ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STORM ORGANIZATION AND THE
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY
WILL BRING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...INCREASING AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR
MAY SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLATED AND BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:49 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
549 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

TXZ021-022-172345-
PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-
549 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES...

AT 545 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING
A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF SUMMERFIELD...OR ABOUT
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEREFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO SUMMERFIELD...THE COMMUNITIES OF EASTER...FRIONA...
DIMMITT...AND LAZBUDDIE APPEAR TO BE NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS
THUNDERSTORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3475 10221 3434 10204 3434 10302 3476 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 007DEG 25KT 3489 10246

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb, Parmer57 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.