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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 16, 2014Castro County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2014, 11:44 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 16, 2014, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2014, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Castro County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
17.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing27 min
Jul 16, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro50 min
Jul 17, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro28 min
Jul 17, 1:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall, Swisher103 min

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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.