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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 19, 2013Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2013, 2:08 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2013, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 19, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 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

Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:42 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:51 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:53 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
153 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0101 PM     FLOOD            15 NE PADUCAH           34.17N 100.12W
06/19/2013                   COTTLE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 104 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL PLACES

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300379

GDS

Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:59 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
159 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1152 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FLOMOT                  34.23N 100.99W
06/19/2013                   MOTLEY             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOMOT AREA HAS NUMEROUS TREES AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN.
            TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300380

GDS

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

TXZ044-191945-
STONEWALL-
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH STONEWALL  COUNTY...

AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL STONEWALL COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT 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 3295 9999 3296 10022 3297 10040 3327 10031
      3321 9998 3296 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 289DEG 22KT 3313 10024

05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 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, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer	35 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

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.