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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 22, 2017Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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 22, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 292 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 839 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 22, 6:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 11:31 AM CDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1131 AM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017

TXZ021>044-231645-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1131 AM CDT Fri Sep 22 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 thunderstorms are expected to develop later this
afternoon and evening across eastern New Mexico and move east-
northeast into the extreme southwest Texas Panhandle and the
northwest South Plains. The strongest storms will be capable of
producing winds to 60 mph, hail up to the size of quarters and
heavy rainfall with localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A pattern supportive of heavy rainfall with some flooding is
likely to develop later this weekend and especially early next
week. A few strong or briefly severe storms are also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is unlikely at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
246 PM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017

TXZ021>044-231200-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Dimmitt, Hart,
Tulia, Silverton, Quitaque, Memphis, Childress, Muleshoe,
Littlefield, Olton, Plainview, Cedar Hill, Matador,
Roaring Springs, Paducah, Hackberry, Morton, Levelland, Lubbock,
Ralls, Crosbyton, Lorenzo, Spur, Dickens, Dumont, Finney, Grow,
Guthrie, Denver City, Plains, Brownfield, Tahoka, ODonnell,
Graham, Post, Jayton, and Aspermont
246 PM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017

...Heavy Rain expected to develop over the Weekend and early Next
Week along with a risk of Flooding...

An upper level low pressure trough will slowly move into the
southwest this weekend into early next week, pulling considerable
moisture into the southern plains, and setting the stage for
periods of moderate to heavy rain and potential flooding.

A risk for flooding may develop as early as tonight near the New
Mexico border as thunderstorms firing over eastern New Mexico move
nearly due north close to the state line. Repeat storms over the
same location could amount to an inch or two of rainfall and cause
minor flooding.

The threat for flooding will increase and gradually expand over
the entire area during the weekend - and persist into early next
week.

Rainfall totals of several inches or more will be possible while
local rain amounts in excess of five inches could lead to flash
flooding. Heaviest rain totals are most likely across portions of
the Rolling Plains though flooding will be a concern area-wide.

Pay attention around low-lying areas that typically flood and stay
aware of low water crossings over roads. Stay tuned to additional
forecast updates and to rain rates and storm trends in your area.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 2:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more14 hr

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.