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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 12, 2015Cochran County, Yoakum County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 3:36 PM CDT for Cochran County, Yoakum County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 12, 2015, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cochran County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 12, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 12, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 11:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015

TXZ021>044-131700-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST
PANHANDLE BEFORE MATURING INTO A SQUALL LINE THIS EVENING
GENERALLY EAST OF THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT. STRONG INSTABILITY AND
SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME
SUPERCELLS. VERY LARGE HAIL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...DOWNBURST WINDS
AROUND 75 MPH AND SOME FLOODING WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE A TORNADIC THREAT WITH ANY SUPERCELLS
THAT DEVELOP NEAR OR ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING WEST TO EAST
ACROSS OUR AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BEYOND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD DEVELOP RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

0323 PM     WALL CLOUD       MULESHOE                34.23N 102.73W
06/12/2015                   BAILEY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            LOOKING EAST AT STORM APPROACHING PROGRESS

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1500273

JGD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe21 min
Jun 12, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Parmer38 min
Jun 12, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb, Parmer50 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer47 min
Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran119 min
Jun 12, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum26 min
Jun 12, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer48 min
Jun 12, 4:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBYoakum2 hr
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum30 min
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro45 min
Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum34 min
Jun 12, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress17 min
Jun 12, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum32 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb48 min
Jun 12, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher46 min
Jun 12, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall43 min
Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum30 min
Jun 12, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry29 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher51 min
Jun 12, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum31 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry28 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran28 min
Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Swisher36 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress32 min
Jun 12, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran48 min
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock30 min
Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum39 min
Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress2 hr
Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock30 min
Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry35 min
Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock, Motley33 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock30 min
Jun 12, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress50 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley34 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.