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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 14, 2012Dickens County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 11:25 PM CDT for Dickens County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
Apr 14, 2012, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickens County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 12:06 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 E Matador, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
5237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

685 
WUUS54 KLUB 150425
SVRLUB
TXC125-345-150500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0049.120415T0425Z-120415T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1125 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
  SOUTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MCAD00...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSBYTON...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MATADOR.

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 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3372 10104 3404 10104 3417 10068 3388 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 242DEG 39KT 3383 10102

$$
1 follow-up statement
799 
WWUS54 KLUB 150441
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1141 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

TXC125-345-150500-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120415T0500Z/
DICKENS TX-MOTLEY TX-
1141 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MOTLEY AND NORTHWESTERN DICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1140 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 MATADOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MATADOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290.

&&

LAT...LON 3372 10104 3404 10104 3417 10068 3388 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 247DEG 35KT 3393 10084

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock, Lynn27 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock37 min
Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn35 min
Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale30 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall33 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn67 min
Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock65 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd25 min
Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall28 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley31 min
Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley30 min
Apr 14, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Hall31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens47 min
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent45 min
Apr 14, 11:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Motley23 min
Apr 15, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle30 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King52 min
Apr 15, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent48 min
Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle15 min
Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent, King, Stonewall34 min
Apr 15, 8:56 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more8 hr

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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.