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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 17, 20174 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2017, 7:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 17, 2017, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
80.0 mph

Counties Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 17, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2017-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 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 2017-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 17, 6:23 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 6:23 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
401 PM CDT Sun Sep 17 2017

TXZ021>044-182115-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
401 PM CDT Sun Sep 17 2017

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are expected across
much of the outlook area through late this evening. The strongest
of storms will be capable of producing very large hail to around
baseball size, along with straight line winds near 70 mph. Some
flooding may also accompany this activity.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability of hazardous weather is low at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
442 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2017

TXZ028-172200-
Lamb TX-
442 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

At 441 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 1 mile
southwest of Littlefield, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail, heavy downpours and wind gusts to 50 mph are
possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Littlefield and Spade.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3383 10247 3396 10244 3405 10209 3383 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 257DEG 17KT 3390 10237

MCZ
Local storm report, Sep 17, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle, Motley34 min
Sep 17, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley62 min
Sep 17, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd, Motley23 min
Sep 17, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall, Motley29 min
Sep 17, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley31 min
Sep 17, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle31 min
Sep 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.