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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 16, 2015Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 4:43 PM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 16, 2015, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1135 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ021>044-171645-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1135 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL UP TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE
TORNADO THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM TULIA...TO PLAINVIEW...TO FLOYDADA...TO PADUCAH.
TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
ROLLING PLAINS. THEREAFTER...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
327 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ043-162045-
KENT TX-
327 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY UNTIL
345 PM CDT...

AT 326 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUDD...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAIREMONT.

LAT...LON 3297 10092 3328 10073 3316 10052 3308 10052
      3296 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 214DEG 32KT 3298 10079

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:03 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	18 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	15 min
Apr 16, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	12 min
Apr 16, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	25 min
Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	36 min
Apr 16, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall, Motley	31 min
Apr 16, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Lamb	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.