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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 13, 2015Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 13, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cottle County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2015-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 411 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 13, 1:11 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:11 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1138 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

TXZ021>044-141645-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1138 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

BY LATE AFTERNOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE BEFORE OVERSPREADING THE SOUTH
PLAINS THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF
THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:52 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
152 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

TXZ025-026-031-032-038-131930-
CHILDRESS TX-KING TX-COTTLE TX-HALL TX-MOTLEY TX-
152 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KING...NORTHERN
MOTLEY...HALL...COTTLE AND CHILDRESS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 151 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FLOMOT TO 12 MILES
WEST OF TRUSCOTT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS...MEMPHIS...PADUCAH...NORTHFIELD...CEE VEE...KIRKLAND...
GROW...CHALK...SWEARINGEN...TELL...FLOMOT...DELWIN...TURKEY...
ESTELLINE...LAKEVIEW AND PLASKA COMMUNITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE SLOW-MOVING
STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10000 3423 10000 3424 10001 3423 10005
      3384 10005 3383 10000 3360 9999 3421 10104
      3429 10104 3431 10102 3431 10095 3445 10095
      3475 10076 3475 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 197DEG 12KT 3426 10099 3370 10002

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry33 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry32 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock48 min
Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLynn, Terry14 min
Jun 12, 7:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lubbock2 hr
Jun 12, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry46 min
Jun 12, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock42 min
Jun 12, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry49 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry117 min
Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress91 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry32 min
Jun 12, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley37 min
Jun 13, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall38 min
Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King30 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd32 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley31 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd32 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.