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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 1, 20177 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 1, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:21 AM CDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1121 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017

TXZ021>044-021630-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1121 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains...Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight
Scattered strong to possibly severe thunderstorms may develop this
afternoon across the region. Then, after sunset, another complex
of storms may move out of eastern New Mexico into the South Plains
region. Winds to 70 mph and golf ball size hail will be the
primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday
A cyclical pattern of late afternoon through overnight strong to
severe thunderstorms is expected to persist for much of the next
week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation may be requested today and tonight.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer42 min
Jul 2, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb31 min
Jul 2, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock26 min
Jul 2, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock32 min
Jul 2, 1:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock2 hr
Jul 2, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock32 min
Jul 2, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn32 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.