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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 10, 2019Castro County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2019, 2:14 PM CDT for Castro County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 10, 2019, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher37 min
Jul 10, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher29 min
Jul 10, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer39 min
Jul 10, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb33 min
Jul 10, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer36 min
Jul 10, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall29 min
Jul 10, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle36 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.