Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 4, 2022Kent County, King County, Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2022, 3:34 PM CDT for Kent County, King County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 18 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
Apr 4, 2022, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2022, 3:52 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 12:00Z on 2022-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2022-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 2:20 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more35 hr
Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing, Stonewall25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.