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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 8, 2024Garza County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2024, 6:15 PM CDT for Garza County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2024, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Garza County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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
Apr 8, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2024-04-08Temperature 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 2024-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 8, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
544 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

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Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
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544 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this
afternoon across the Rolling Plains and portions of the central and
eastern South Plains. These storms will be capable of producing wind
gusts to 60 mph, very large hail up to the size of baseballs, and
a tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm threat is expected to
diminish after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Thunderstorm chances continue into Tuesday and Wednesday across the
entire area. Strong to marginally severe thunderstorms Tuesday
afternoon may produce small hail along with periods of heavy rain
leading to flooding concerns Tuesday afternoon through early
Wednesday morning across the Caprock and Rolling Plains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza28 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.