Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 18, 2017, 10:32 PM CDT for Dickens County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 18, 2017, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Dickens County, TX, King County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
096
WWUS84 KLUB 190332
SPSLUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1032 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ037-038-190400-
Dickens TX-King TX-
1032 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN
KING COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
At 1030 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Dumont, or 11 miles west of Guthrie, moving northeast
at 20 mph. A second strong thunderstorm was also located 10 miles
northeast of Spur, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Dickens, Guthrie, Finney and Grow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 10064 3345 10082 3368 10084 3384 10039
3384 10027 3359 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 247DEG 19KT 3366 10052
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle | 23 min |
| Sep 18, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle | 25 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.