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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 6, 2012Garza County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for Garza County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 6, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

County Garza County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 Jun 5, 11:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
143 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

TXZ036-042-060715-
CROSBY-GARZA-
143 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARZA  AND CROSBY  COUNTIES...

AT 143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CROSBY COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

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 3343 10144 3353 10131 3342 10105 3340 10105
      3324 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 312DEG 13KT 3343 10132

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
339 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

TXZ041-042-060930-
GARZA-LYNN-
339 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
OVER EASTERN LYNN AND WESTERN GARZA COUNTIES...

AT 334 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF POST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING ON ROADS
IN THIS AREA.

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 3324 10122 3299 10140 3322 10170 3337 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 302DEG 12KT 3323 10153

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby35 min
Jun 6, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby26 min
Jun 6, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza32 min
Jun 6, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza30 min
Jun 6, 5:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock2 hr
Jun 6, 6:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby36 min
Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale44 min
Jun 6, 6:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBSwisher2 hr
Jun 6, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock39 min
Jun 6, 7:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Hale, Lubbock4 hr
Jun 6, 7:35 AM CDTFlood WatchLUBCastro, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Lamb and 3 more4 hr
Jun 6, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale, Lubbock36 min
Jun 6, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale50 min
Jun 6, 8:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLUBHale, Lubbock3 hr
Jun 6, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Swisher34 min
Jun 6, 8:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza2 hr
Jun 6, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale29 min
Jun 6, 9:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Swisher85 min
Jun 6, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale56 min
Jun 6, 10:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Hale, Swisher97 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall29 min
Jun 6, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle, Hall, Motley67 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHall78 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.