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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 9, 2015Bailey County, Cochran County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT for Bailey County, Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 9, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Jul 9, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1324 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.4

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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 Jul 9, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran46 min
Jul 9, 9:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran119 min
Jul 9, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran27 min
Jul 9, 10:03 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLUBCochran6 hr
Jul 10, 1:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Cochran, Yoakum41 min
Jul 10, 5:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock113 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.