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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 14, 201419 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this freeze warning at Apr 14, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 12:00 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 14, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2014, 9:11 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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.

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, 6:21 PM CDT, 19 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:21 PM CDT, 19 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:48 PM CDT, 22 hours 12 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.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.