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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 19, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2013, 6:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, 6:18 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
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

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall25 min
Jun 19, 8:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHall2 hr
Jun 19, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall29 min
Jun 19, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHall112 min
Jun 19, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall25 min
Jun 19, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall26 min
Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley6 hr
Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley28 min
Jun 19, 10:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley2 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley36 min
Jun 19, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall, Motley30 min
Jun 19, 12:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley3 hr
Jun 19, 12:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley2 hr
Jun 19, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall35 min
Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall37 min
Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLUBChildress16 hr
Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley27 min
Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley21 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley43 min
Jun 19, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley22 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Hockley3 hr
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley62 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley29 min
Jun 19, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer35 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry63 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry37 min
Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley3 hr
Jun 19, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer3 hr
Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry29 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.