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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 9, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
County Castro County, TX
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 11:44 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1144 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 TXZ021>044-101645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1144 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH AND LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THERE WILL BE LOW THREAT FOR A TORNADO THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ORGANIZES INTO A MESOSCALE COMPLEX. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. THE ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. WHILE THE SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE RELATIVELY LESS WIDESPREAD AND LONG-LIVED THAN THE STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CAPROCK WHILE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS OFF THE CAPROCK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:27 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 527 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 TXZ022-092245- CASTRO- 527 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CASTRO COUNTY... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRESENT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3475 10200 3432 10201 3446 10252 3472 10251 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 269DEG 13KT 3456 10242 JDV
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
545 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
TXZ022-092315-
CASTRO-
545 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CASTRO COUNTY...
AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
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.
LAT...LON 3475 10200 3438 10200 3443 10223 3451 10245
3460 10248 3467 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 274DEG 18KT 3457 10234
20/93The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 18 min |
| Apr 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.