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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Lubbock, TX
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb, Parmer | 57 min |
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.