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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 14, 2012Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2012, 11:02 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2012, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Hall County, TX

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The text

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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 14, 10:58 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:58 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
912 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

TXZ021>044-160215-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
912 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

AS OF 9 PM THE DRYLINE HAD RETREATED WEST TO NEAR A TAHOKA TO
LUBBOCK TO SILVERTON LINE WHILE A PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAD MOVED
EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE
AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THERE CONTINUE TO BE INDICATIONS THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT ONCE IT MEETS THE
DRYLINE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS...PARTICULARLY ONCE THEY REACH THE BETTER LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE ROLLING PLAINS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1010 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/14/2012  E1.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   PUBLIC

            TEXAS TECH CAMPUS

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1200144

FB

Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:12 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/14/2012  E1.50 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   PUBLIC

            1.2 MILES EAST OF INTERSTATE 27

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1200145

FB

Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:13 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1013 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1011 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/14/2012  E1.00 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   PUBLIC

            78TH AND AVE W

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1200146

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:37 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lubbock, Lynn	27 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	37 min
Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn	35 min
Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	30 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall	33 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	67 min
Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	65 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Floyd	25 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	31 min
Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Motley	30 min
Apr 14, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Motley	35 min
Apr 14, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Hall	31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	47 min
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Garza, Kent	45 min
Apr 14, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Motley	23 min
Apr 15, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	30 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King	52 min
Apr 15, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Garza, Kent	48 min
Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle	15 min
Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent, King, Stonewall	34 min
Apr 15, 8:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more	8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.