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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT for Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 220 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2023 TXZ021>044-101930- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 220 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 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 possible this afternoon and evening across the entire forecast area which will have the potential for producing strong to marginally severe wind gusts and hail up to the size of ping pong balls. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday afternoon and evening across the Rolling Plains and far southeast Texas Panhandle with gusty winds and small hail possible. Elevated fire weather concerns may return Friday and Saturday along the Caprock due to breezy and dry conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
259 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2023
TXZ026-032-092030-
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
259 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Childress
and northeastern Cottle Counties through 330 PM CDT...
At 259 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Childress, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Childress and Kirkland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3424 10003 3423 10005 3421 10005 3436 10037
3453 10026 3446 10000 3442 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 301DEG 5KT 3442 10024
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
GKendrickSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 50 min |
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