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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT for Kent County, Stonewall 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, TX, Stonewall County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745
WUUS54 KLUB 010000
SVRLUB
TXC263-433-010100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0113.120501T0000Z-120501T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
700 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
SOUTHWESTERN STONEWALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF CLAIREMONT...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAYTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8067451290.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10071 3300 10086 3318 10081 3314 10034
3296 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 283DEG 15KT 3307 10074
$$
JORDAN1 follow-up statement
794
WWUS54 KLUB 010018
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
718 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
TXC263-433-010100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120501T0100Z/
KENT TX-STONEWALL TX-
718 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
STONEWALL AND SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLAIREMONT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAYTON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD WITH THIS STORM AT 702 PM CDT HOWEVER THE ROTATION WITH THIS
STORM HAS WEAKENED ON DOPPLER RADAR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KENT AND EXTREME WESTERN STONEWALL
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 10072 3307 10077 3317 10071 3314 10034
3296 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 267DEG 12KT 3309 10068
$$
JORDANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Garza | 91 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 11 min |
| Apr 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.