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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 8, 2011Kent County, King County, Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 6:40 PM CDT for Kent County, King County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 8, 2011, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 8, 6:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:17 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1117 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

TXZ021>044-091630-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1117 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

ISOLATED HIGH-BASED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
SILVERTON TO DICKENS TO O'DONNELL LINE. ALTHOUGH ANY ACTIVITY THAT
DEVELOPS WILL BRING LITTLE RAINFALL...THE STRONGEST PRECIPITATION
CORES ALOFT WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING BRIEF AND LOCALIZED
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.

FIRE WEATHER

VERY HOT AND BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
528 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

TXZ037-043-082300-
DICKENS-KENT-
528 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KENT AND SOUTHERN DICKENS
COUNTIES...

AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF
JAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS DEVELOPING STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:46 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
546 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

TXZ025-026-031-032-082315-
CHILDRESS-COTTLE-HALL-MOTLEY-
546 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COTTLE...CHILDRESS...MOTLEY AND
HALL COUNTIES...

AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN
CHILDRESS...CEE VEE...NORTHFIELD AND TURKEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE DEVELOPING
STORMS...THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND HIT AND MISS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:59 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
559 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

TXZ037-038-043-044-082330-
DICKENS-KENT-KING-STONEWALL-
559 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STONEWALL...KING...KENT AND
DICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DICKENS TO JUST
NORTH OF CLAIREMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:22 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, Stonewall24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.