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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 13, 201613 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this heat advisory at Jul 13, 2016, 3:22 AM CDT for 13 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 13, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2016, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 13, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:21 AM CDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
321 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

TXZ021>044-140830-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
321 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE AFTERNOON
HIGHS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 105.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM LUBBOCK
TO MEMPHIS FAVORING THE MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS AND 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 103 AND 106 DEGREES
ON THE CAPROCK, AND THEREFORE, A HEAT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.