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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 2023Childress County, Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2023, 9:01 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 2023, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2023, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
44 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

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2023-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1737 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer39 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCastro, Parmer46 min
Jul 6, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCastro, Parmer, Swisher47 min
Jul 6, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher51 min
Jul 6, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock, Motley36 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.