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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 18, 2014Briscoe County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 6:17 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 18, 2014, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Briscoe County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2014-06-18Temperature 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 2014-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 6:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
316 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

TXZ021>044-192030-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
316 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
ON THE CAPROCK THROUGH THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A CHANCE OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK AREA...MAY OCCUR EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL
BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING THE
THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THE
CAPROCK AND THROUGH THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO THE
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
259 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0258 PM     HAIL             MULESHOE                34.23N 102.73W
06/18/2014  E1.25 INCH       BAILEY             TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1400220

FB
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
327 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0325 PM     HAIL             4 SE MULESHOE           34.19N 102.68W
06/18/2014  E1.00 INCH       BAILEY             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1400221

FB
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
411 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0408 PM     HAIL             EARTH                   34.23N 102.41W
06/18/2014  E1.00 INCH       LAMB               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ABUNDANT SMALL HAIL OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE...WITH
            OCCASIONAL HAILSTONES TO ONE INCH

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1400222

BRC
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
413 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

TXZ033-182130-
COCHRAN-
413 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN COUNTY...

AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MORTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

IN ADDITION...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3374 10284 3374 10261 3366 10260 3354 10261
      3356 10285 3357 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 272DEG 15KT 3364 10274
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
430 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

TXZ022-028-029-182200-
CASTRO-HALE-LAMB-
430 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CASTRO...LAMB AND HALE
COUNTIES...

AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL LAMB COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3448 10206 3440 10200 3431 10200 3431 10193
      3429 10191 3411 10227 3426 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 236DEG 18KT 3424 10225
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry27 min
Jun 17, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum38 min
Jun 17, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry45 min
Jun 17, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry28 min
Jun 17, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock, Lynn, Terry30 min
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn30 min
Jun 17, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock34 min
Jun 17, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn30 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock30 min
Jun 17, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn25 min
Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock28 min
Jun 17, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn29 min
Jun 17, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby38 min
Jun 18, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey15 min
Jun 18, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb, Parmer35 min
Jun 18, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb, Parmer48 min
Jun 18, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Lamb99 min
Jun 18, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb48 min
Jun 18, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran17 min
Jun 18, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley24 min
Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro30 min
Jun 18, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley46 min
Jun 18, 4:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran93 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley42 min
Jun 18, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb33 min
Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe31 min
Jun 18, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey87 min
Jun 18, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn32 min
Jun 18, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale36 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.