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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 11, 2023Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2023, 11:08 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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 11, 2023, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2023, 11:27 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1144 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Floyd, Swisher64 min
Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley, Swisher61 min
Jun 11, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley61 min
Jun 11, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBStonewall61 min
Jun 11, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent, Stonewall44 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.