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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 4:50 PM CDT for Hockley County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 3, 2015, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
County Hockley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 259 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 TXZ021>044-042000- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 259 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA THIS EVENING...EXITING THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 254 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 TXZ027-032015- BAILEY TX- 254 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BAILEY COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 254 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF NEEDMORE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEEDMORE AND MULESHOE WILDLIFE REFUGE. LAT...LON 3391 10302 3411 10298 3418 10270 3391 10267 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 264DEG 9KT 3403 10289 07
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:50 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 450 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 TXZ034-032230- HOCKLEY TX- 450 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 448 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SUNDOWN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE STRETCHING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEVELLAND TO 15 MILES EAST OF MORTON...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEVELLAND AND SUNDOWN...AND MOTORISTS ON FARM TO MARKET 1585 AND STATE HIGHWAY 114. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO RAPID PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3343 10259 3372 10261 3376 10241 3349 10225 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 229DEG 6KT 3349 10251 JORDAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey | 21 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.