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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 9, 2023Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2023, 4:55 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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 Apr 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:15 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:44 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
455 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2023

TXZ028-029-034-092230-
Hockley TX-Lamb TX-Hale TX-
455 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Hockley, southwestern Hale and southeastern Lamb Counties through 530
PM CDT...

At 454 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles west of Spade, or 5 miles east of Littlefield, moving east at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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...
Littlefield, Anton and Spade.

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.

Light accumulations of small hail will be possible. Consider moving
to a sturdy shelter until this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3402 10229 3400 10201 3382 10207 3382 10209
      3379 10208 3374 10210 3385 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 287DEG 7KT 3392 10224

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

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, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Parmer	39 min
Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lamb	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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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.