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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 9, 2013Dickens County, Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT for Dickens County, Kent 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
May 9, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickens County, TX, Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2013-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens14 min
May 9, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley37 min
May 9, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby25 min
May 9, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby17 min
May 9, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley29 min
May 9, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Castro, Parmer24 min
May 9, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby24 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher14 min
May 9, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby25 min
May 9, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher32 min
May 9, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens30 min
May 9, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle38 min
May 9, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King37 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent32 min
May 9, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro, Lamb, Swisher24 min
May 9, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Hall40 min

Nearby

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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.