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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 17, 2020Hale County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2020, 6:06 PM CDT for Hale County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2020, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:18 AM CDT, 14 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
318 AM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020

TXZ021>044-180830-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
318 AM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A risk of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms will exist
this afternoon into the evening hours mainly west of the Caprock
Escarpment. Winds to 65 mph and hail to the size of quarters will be
the primary threat.

In addition, lightning fire starts will be possible with any storms
that develop. A rangeland fire danger statement is in effect this
afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A few strong thunderstorms may develop Thursday and Friday with
strong wind gusts the main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:01 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Hockley, Lamb	19 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hockley	25 min
Jun 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hale, Lubbock	44 min
Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Terry	44 min
Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hale, Lubbock	42 min
Jun 17, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Swisher	16 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lubbock	47 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.