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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 16, 2016Dickens County, Kent County, King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2016, 2:55 PM CDT for Dickens County, Kent County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2016, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dickens County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 731 W Spur, TXMEASURED BY THE WEST TX MESONET.
Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 731 W Spur, TX
Apr 16, 3:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSpur, TXOLD OUTBUILDING COLLAPSED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND WEST TX MESONET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 363 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

As transmitted.

129 
WUUS54 KLUB 161955
SVRLUB
TXC125-263-269-162045-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0021.160416T1955Z-160416T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
255 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL KING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  EASTERN DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 254 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GIRARD...OR 14
  MILES NORTHWEST OF JAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUTHRIE...SPUR AND GIRARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3332 10075 3344 10092 3383 10060 3359 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 219DEG 37KT 3340 10077 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Parmer33 min
Apr 16, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King33 min
Apr 16, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd26 min
Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe25 min
Apr 16, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent31 min
Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley34 min
Apr 16, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall47 min
Apr 16, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall46 min
Apr 16, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King13 min
Apr 16, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall47 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza26 min
Apr 16, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall35 min
Apr 16, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent37 min
Apr 16, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King28 min
Apr 16, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens45 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley32 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley31 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley2 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.