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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 13, 201410 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this freeze warning at Apr 13, 2014, 3:48 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2014, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2014-04-13Temperature 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
348 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

TXZ021>044-142100-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
348 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FIRE WEATHER

GUSTY...DRY AND WARM WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING
PLAINS...AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

NON PRECIPITATION

A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL THEN PLUNGE THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND
ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BLOWING
DUST. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45
TO 55 MPH...IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS
WILL CARRY IN MUCH COLDER CANADIAN AIR...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST
SOUTH PLAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SOUTH
PLAINS...WHERE THEY HAVE PASSED THEIR AVERAGE LAST FREEZE DATES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING
PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 5:44 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Childress, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby and 15 more14 hr
Apr 13, 6:01 AM CDTFreeze WatchLUBCochran, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb10 hr
Apr 13, 6:01 AM CDTFreeze WatchLUBChildress, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 13 more32 hr
Apr 13, 3:48 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more14 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2014Every freeze warning in 2014

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.