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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2018, 8:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 10, 2018, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2018, 9:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dickens County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:35 AM CDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1135 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018 TXZ021>044-110445- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1135 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018 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 thunderstorms may form this afternoon along and east of a surface trough of low pressure, initially on the South Plains then moving eastward toward the Rolling Plains this evening. The strongest storms may become strong to severe with the potential for wind gusts to 65 mph and half dollar size hail. Some locally heavy rainfall may also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The probability of hazardous weather is low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 337 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 TXZ034-035-102100- Hockley TX-Lubbock TX- 337 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LUBBOCK AND EASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... At 335 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles east of Levelland, moving east at 10 mph. Doppler radar showed indications of downburst winds near Opdyke West. Winds exceeding 60 mph may be possible with this activity. Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Levelland, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Whitharral, Lubbock South Plains Mall, Reese Center, Smyer and Opdyke West. LAT...LON 3347 10234 3375 10234 3379 10196 3343 10190 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 267DEG 10KT 3359 10220 26
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
TXZ029-030-035-102130-
Floyd TX-Lubbock TX-Hale TX-
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LUBBOCK...SOUTHWESTERN
FLOYD AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
At 353 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hale Center to 8 miles west of Abernathy.
Movement was east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Abernathy, Hale Center, Lockney, Petersburg and Cotton Center.
LAT...LON 3413 10142 3383 10153 3383 10156 3375 10156
3373 10157 3380 10208 3402 10209 3407 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 259DEG 22KT 3402 10176 3386 10199
PAZOSSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 4:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 430 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 TXZ035-102200- Lubbock TX- 430 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LUBBOCK COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... At 429 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lubbock International Airport, or near Lubbock, moving east at 45 mph. Localized high gusts are possible. Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Slaton, Wolfforth, Idalou, Ransom Canyon, Lubbock International Airport, Texas Tech University, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock South Plains Mall, New Deal and Lubbock Science Spectrum. LAT...LON 3348 10203 3382 10187 3383 10157 3344 10163 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 286DEG 41KT 3365 10182 PAZOS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
TXZ030-102215-
Floyd TX-
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...
At 441 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Petersburg, or 10 miles southwest of Floydada, moving east at 30 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Floydada.
LAT...LON 3384 10115 3383 10120 3383 10156 3397 10156
3407 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 253DEG 27KT 3389 10148
PAZOSSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 4:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 444 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 TXZ024-025-030-031-102215- Floyd TX-Briscoe TX-Motley TX-Hall TX- 444 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...NORTHWESTERN MOTLEY...SOUTHWESTERN HALL AND SOUTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... At 444 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near South Plains, or 16 miles south of Silverton, moving northeast at 40 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Turkey, Caprock Canyon State Park, Quitaque, Valley Schools, Flomot and South Plains. LAT...LON 3417 10077 3409 10127 3430 10137 3452 10094 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 247DEG 33KT 3424 10124 PAZOS
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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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.