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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 7:10 PM CDT for Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crosby County, TX, Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Slaton, TX | REPORTED BY KCBD |
| Mar 18, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 E Ransom Canyon, TX | ESTIMATED 65-75MPH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331 WUUS54 KLUB 190010 SVRLUB TXC107-303-190115- /O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0013.120319T0010Z-120319T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 710 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SLATON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAPROCK... KALGARY...LORENZO...WHITE RIVER LAKE...RALLS...CROSBYTON AND CONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3339 10169 3383 10153 3383 10104 3340 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 214DEG 37KT 3335 10150 $$ JDV
4 follow-up statements
163 WWUS54 KLUB 190017 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 717 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 TXC107-303-190115- /O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120319T0115Z/ CROSBY TX-LUBBOCK TX- 717 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHLAND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SLATON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A 73 MPH WIND GUST WEST OF POST AT 650 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CROSBYTON...CAPROCK...KALGARY...LORENZO...WHITE RIVER LAKE...RALLS AND CONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3339 10169 3383 10153 3383 10104 3340 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 214DEG 37KT 3340 10145 $$ JDV
416 WWUS54 KLUB 190027 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 727 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 TXC107-303-190115- /O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120319T0115Z/ CROSBY TX-LUBBOCK TX- 727 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 724 PM CDT...THE WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION AT SLATON REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WITH A STORM LOCATE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPROCK...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CROSBYTON...KALGARY...LORENZO...WHITE RIVER LAKE...RALLS AND CONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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. && LAT...LON 3339 10169 3383 10153 3383 10104 3340 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 212DEG 38KT 3351 10141 $$ JDV
257 WWUS54 KLUB 190048 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 748 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 TXC107-303-190115- /O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120319T0115Z/ CROSBY TX-LUBBOCK TX- 748 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...THE WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION AT RALLS REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS OF 55 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CROSBY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3339 10169 3383 10153 3383 10104 3340 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 205DEG 46KT 3375 10127 $$ JDV
103 WWUS54 KLUB 190101 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 801 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 TXC303-190111- /O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120319T0115Z/ LUBBOCK TX- 801 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3367 10104 3383 10145 3383 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 205DEG 46KT 3391 10117 $$ TXC107-190115- /O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120319T0115Z/ CROSBY TX- 801 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CROSBY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGHERTY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLOYDADA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3367 10104 3383 10145 3383 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 205DEG 46KT 3391 10117 $$ JDV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 15 min |
| Mar 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 12 min |
| Mar 18, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 12 min |
| Mar 18, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Lubbock and 2 more | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hall and 2 more | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King and 1 more | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, Kent, King, Motley, Stonewall | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cochran | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey | 37 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.