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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 14, 2015Cochran County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2015, 6:53 PM CDT for Cochran 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 14, 2015, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2015, 7:17 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Cochran County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 14, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2015-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 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 2015-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-498 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 14, 6:17 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:17 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:35 AM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1135 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

TXZ021>044-151645-
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 SUN JUN 14 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTHEAST
FROM THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. REDUCED INSTABILITY AND WIND
SHEAR WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER
A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
DOWNBURST WINDS TO 60 MPH. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL SEE DRIER CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY...THEREFORE LIMITING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS
WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley30 min
Jun 13, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer23 min
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHale, Swisher3 hr
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBYoakum28 min
Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock24 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry34 min
Jun 13, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum43 min
Jun 13, 7:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Hockley, Lamb, Terry, Yoakum3 hr
Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale, Lubbock, Swisher29 min
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry15 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock3 hr
Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale, Lubbock, Lynn, Swisher27 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn15 min
Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Lubbock and 2 more32 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher117 min
Jun 13, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby, Garza, Kent31 min
Jun 13, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall33 min
Jun 13, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Kent, Motley27 min
Jun 13, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens, Kent, Motley, Stonewall34 min
Jun 13, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, Kent, King and 2 more34 min
Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, King, Stonewall34 min
Jun 14, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey39 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey3 hr
Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer38 min
Jun 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey45 min
Jun 14, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer39 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey3 hr
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran, Yoakum35 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.