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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 21, 2012Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT for Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 21, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
719 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012

TXZ035-220100-
LUBBOCK-
719 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY...

AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES EAST OF ABERNATHY AND 5 MILES NE OF
SHALLOWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3354 10207 3356 10208 3382 10208 3384 10188
      3383 10161 3374 10158 3364 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 057DEG 13KT 3377 10170

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock41 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.