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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 26, 2015King County, Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2015, 12:52 PM CDT for King County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 26, 2015, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2015, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2015-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 2015-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 Apr 26, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 11:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1112 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

TXZ021>044-271615-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1112 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE ROLLING PLAINS AND
FAR SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE EAST OF A DRYLINE. VERY LARGE HAIL TO
BASEBALL SIZE...DOWNBURST WINDS TO 70 MPH...A FEW TORNADOES...AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE
STORMS. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO DEVELOP IN THE FAR
SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT
WHERE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS GREATEST...ALTHOUGH MUCH DEEPER
INSTABILITY IN THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS MAY ALSO FOSTER A TORNADO
THREAT. FARTHER WEST ON THE CAPROCK...HIGH-BASED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE A FEW MICROBURSTS
WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE. FARTHER SOUTH...A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY
OVER THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing46 min
Apr 26, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle40 min
Apr 26, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley23 hr
Apr 26, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley65 min
Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress19 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCottle, King3 hr
Apr 26, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King30 min
Apr 26, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Hall, Motley24 min
Apr 26, 6:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley3 hr

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.