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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 13, 2013Dickens County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2013, 4:41 PM CDT for Dickens County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 13, 2013, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickens County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 13, 3:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 6:12 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
612 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

TXZ021>044-141115-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
612 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THE COMBINATION OF A COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THREAT AREA WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING
PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:19 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley16 min
Aug 13, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd26 min
Aug 13, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley16 min
Aug 13, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd31 min
Aug 13, 5:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBFloyd53 min
Aug 13, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer33 min
Aug 13, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd29 min
Aug 13, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro19 min
Aug 13, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLamb34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.