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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 7, 2013Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 7, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Hall County, TX

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Crosby	24 min
Aug 7, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd	33 min
Aug 7, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	20 min
Aug 8, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	27 min
Aug 8, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	35 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Castro	33 min
Aug 8, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	29 min
Aug 8, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Swisher	23 min
Aug 8, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	14 min
Aug 8, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	38 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	17 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	15 min
Aug 8, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	35 min
Aug 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Hall	13 min
Aug 8, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	31 min
Aug 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	20 min
Aug 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	35 min
Aug 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	20 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle	25 min
Aug 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Hall	32 min
Aug 8, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.