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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2017, 7:48 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 19, 2017, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2017, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
County Kent County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
529 WWUS84 KLUB 200048 SPSLUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 748 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2017 TXZ043-200115- Kent TX- 748 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles southwest of Clairemont, or 12 miles east of Lake Alan Henry, moving northeast at 10 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Kent County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3308 10090 3315 10052 3296 10052 3297 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 247DEG 9KT 3300 10084 $$ MCZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 2:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 3:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 58 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.