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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 2020Lubbock County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2020, 8:57 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 11 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 5, 2020, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2020, 9:08 PM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 405 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer23 min
Jul 5, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry50 min
Jul 5, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock20 min
Jul 6, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby33 min
Jul 6, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher27 min
Jul 6, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBDickens, King98 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.