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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ021>044-201700- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH A THREAT FOR GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND LOCAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
211 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM FLASH FLOOD 13 E SILVERTON 34.47N 101.08W
06/19/2013 BRISCOE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAVY RAIN HAD CAUSED A ROCK SLIDE ON TO HIGHWAY 256
EAST OF SILVERTON.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1300381
GDSSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 403 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ033-034-192130- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 403 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO WIND AND HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND A SLOW STORM MOTION WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. LAT...LON 3381 10231 3341 10238 3341 10282 3383 10279 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 298DEG 7KT 3367 10268 24
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 439 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ033-034-192200- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 439 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY 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 3375 10227 3345 10220 3343 10270 3370 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 255DEG 16KT 3357 10252
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 19, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 8:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hall | 112 min |
| Jun 19, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Hall | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall, Motley | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LUB | Childress | 16 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Terry | 29 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.