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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 29, 2012Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2012, 10:31 PM CDT for Swisher 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2012, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

County Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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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 29, 2:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 11:17 AM CDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1117 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

TXZ021>044-301630-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1117 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A
DRYLINE AND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS BY
MID AFTERNOON. STORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. GIVEN
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WITH SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley27 min
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb63 min
Apr 29, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran29 min
Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock55 min
Apr 29, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock47 min
Apr 29, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher46 min
Apr 29, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb13 min
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock37 min
Apr 29, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher55 min
Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley68 min
Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn30 min
Apr 29, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn47 min
Apr 29, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry3 hr
Apr 29, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry25 min
Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley44 min
Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn42 min
Apr 29, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry35 min
Apr 29, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley, Lamb39 min
Apr 29, 10:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry2 hr
Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza50 min
Apr 29, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn, Terry62 min
Apr 29, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb50 min
Apr 29, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher46 min
Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn58 min
Apr 29, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher26 min
Apr 29, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock38 min
Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby45 min
Apr 29, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb48 min
Apr 30, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn47 min
Apr 30, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens28 min
Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLamb30 min
Apr 30, 12:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn104 min
Apr 30, 1:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry6 hr
Apr 30, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent53 min
Apr 30, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro31 min
Apr 30, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro37 min
Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley23 min
Apr 30, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent28 min
Apr 30, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza29 min
Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Kent34 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza31 min
Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza26 min
Apr 30, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens34 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent29 min
Apr 30, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley36 min
Apr 30, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent31 min
Apr 30, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent27 min
Apr 30, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley38 min
Apr 30, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent35 min
Apr 30, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent62 min
Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens51 min
Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley46 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.