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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 28, 2013Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT for Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 759 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 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 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
759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 May 28, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

TXZ021>044-291615-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM SWISHER TO TERRY COUNTY BY EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE
ROLLING PLAINS UPON DEVELOPMENT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO BECOME
ORGANIZED WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF TENNIS BALLS... IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ROLLING
PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... INCLUDING
POTENTIALLY VERY LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. FARTHER WEST... ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing20 min
May 27, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing32 min
May 28, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey23 min
May 28, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer29 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer33 min
May 28, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer36 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer32 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer31 min
May 28, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer26 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer30 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.