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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 8:19 PM CDT for Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 16, 2015, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WUUS54 KLUB 170119 SVRLUB TXC305-445-170145- /O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0021.150417T0119Z-150417T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 819 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN TERRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS... WESTERN LYNN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELCH...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW MOORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3296 10226 3332 10220 3330 10178 3296 10201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 208DEG 34KT 3298 10213 $$ MCQUEEN/MCZ
1 follow-up statement
103
WWUS54 KLUB 170127
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
827 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
TXC305-445-170145-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150417T0145Z/
TERRY TX-LYNN TX-
827 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN TERRY AND WESTERN LYNN COUNTIES...
AT 827 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW MOORE...OR
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW MOORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 10220 3330 10178 3298 10200 3307 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 208DEG 34KT 3306 10208
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCQUEEN/MCZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 16 min |
| Apr 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 13 min |
| Apr 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Yoakum | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Swisher, Terry | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock, Terry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock, Terry | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Garza | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 22 min |
| Apr 17, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 30 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.