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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 10, 2016King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for King County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 10, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County King County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 10, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

919 
WUUS54 KLUB 110029 RRA
SVRLUB
TXC269-110100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0013.160411T0029Z-160411T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
729 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GROW...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN KING COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3367 10034 3377 10034 3384 10019 3384 10000
      3367 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 249DEG 32KT 3374 10023 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MCZ

1 follow-up statement

263 
WWUS54 KLUB 110049
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
749 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

TXC269-110100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160411T0100Z/
KING TX-
749 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KING COUNTY...

AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GUTHRIE AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN KING COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL FOR OVER THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 10014 3384 10014 3384 10000 3373 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 249DEG 32KT 3380 10006 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MCZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, King	30 min
Apr 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Lamb	35 min
Apr 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Swisher	31 min
Apr 10, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher	33 min
Apr 10, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall	34 min
Apr 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	29 min
Apr 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	35 min
Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Motley	35 min
Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress	14 min
Apr 10, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Castro	24 min
Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress	32 min
Apr 10, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	31 min
Apr 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	33 min
Apr 10, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Hall	28 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.