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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 19, 2023Childress County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2023, 5:26 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 19, 2023, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Childress County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 19, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 329 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King29 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.