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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 23, 2012Briscoe County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 4:47 PM CDT for Briscoe 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: Jul 23, 2012, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Briscoe County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 Jul 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:56 AM CDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
456 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2012

TXZ021>044-241000-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
456 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OVER 50
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:47 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
Jul 23, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd	86 min
Jul 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Garza, Kent	21 min
Jul 23, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Motley	32 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.