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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 5:18 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Hall County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2001, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Quitaque, TX | Fire department storm spotters reported golfball size hail. |
| Jun 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Quitaque, TX | Storm spotters reported golfball size hail. |
| Jun 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Quitaque, TX | |
| Jun 5, 5:43 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Flomot, TX | |
| Jun 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Flomot, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jun 5, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS ORIENTED FROM THE NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE...MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR MULESHOE...TO PLAINVIEW...TO WHEELER. FRONT STILL CREEPING SOUTH AND EASTWARD AT THIS TIME...BUT SHOULD MIX OUT SOMEWHAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND RETREAT SLOWLY BACK INTO THE PANHANDLE. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG FRONT AND DRYLINE...MAINLY EAST OF THE I-27 CORRIDOR...AS CONVERGENCE ALONG DRYLINE IS REALIZED AND H7 TEMPS BEGIN TO COOL. SIMILAR TO LAST EVENING...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS BEING PRIMARY THREAT. SEE SPC SWODY1 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. DEVELOPMENT OF LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE ON HEELS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS COULD SUSTAIN CONVECTION WELL AFTER SUNSET. SHOULD ALSO SEE DEVELOPING LOW CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER MOST OF CWA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER CWA WEDNESDAY THRU THURSDAY AS EASTERLY SFC WINDS PROVIDE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW...THEREBY WARRANTING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO DEEPER MOISTURE. FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL RETAIN MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING/NIGHTTIME STORMS FOR THE WEEKEND DUE TO DISTURBANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND ACTIVITY POSSIBLY PUSHING INTO CWA FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO. WARMING AND DRYING TREND TO ENSUE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY SHIFTS OVER THE AREA. PRELIMINARY: FRIONA 59/89/61/87 1121 TULIA 61/89/61/88 2121 CHILDRESS 69/87/66/87 4121 BROWNFIELD 66/93/64/91 1121 LUBBOCK 65/91/64/89 2121 ASPERMONT 69/90/67/89 3111 .LUB...NONE. 21/11
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Motley | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Motley | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.