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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 8, 20144 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 51 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 8, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDT, 13 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
502 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

TXZ021>044-091015-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
502 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
522 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

TXZ031-032-037-038-044-082300-
COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-MOTLEY-STONEWALL-
522 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
COTTLE...STONEWALL...MOTLEY...KING AND DICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MULTIPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS...WITH THE
MOST INTENSE NEAR MATADOR...MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3315 9999 3319 10037 3332 10052 3339 10052
      3340 10061 3352 10075 3428 10099 3431 10035
      3395 10031 3377 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 203DEG 10KT 3400 10077

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
609 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

TXZ023>025-030>032-037-038-090000-
BRISCOE-COTTLE-DICKENS-FLOYD-HALL-KING-MOTLEY-SWISHER-
609 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COTTLE...BRISCOE...SWISHER...
MOTLEY...KING...HALL...FLOYD  AND DICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF SILVERTON
TO NEAR GUTHRIE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3431 10042 3430 9999 3423 9999 3423 10004
      3385 10004 3384 9999 3360 9999 3365 10062
      3457 10158 3475 10168 3475 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 200DEG 13KT 3471 10103 3371 10005

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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 8, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	King, Motley, Stonewall	38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.