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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 12, 2023King County, Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT for King County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
May 12, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2023, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2023-05-12Temperature 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 2023-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 3:06 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:06 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 2:55 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
255 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

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Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
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255 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected across the Rolling Plains this afternoon
and evening. Some storms may become severe with the main threats
being large hail up to golf ball size, damaging wind gusts to 70 mph,
and localized flooding due to moderate to heavy rainfall. A Severe
Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for Kent and Stonewall Counties until
10 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Widespread rain showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected on
Saturday. Moderate to heavy rainfall at times may lead to localized
flash flooding.

Chances for showers and thunderstorms continue Sunday through
Thursday. Heavy rainfall will remain possible resulting in a
continued threat for very localized flooding, especially on Sunday
and Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 3:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBStonewall79 min
May 12, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent31 min
May 12, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent, Stonewall63 min
May 12, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBStonewall95 min

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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.