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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 2, 2006Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2006, 4:07 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2006, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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
May 2, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2006-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLUB 022107
SVRLUB
TXC263-022200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0021.060502T2107Z-060502T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
407 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIRARD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF JAYTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GIRARD.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3336 10061 3331 10067 3321 10083 3316 10090
      3323 10098 3326 10100 3328 10100 3338 10088
      3338 10055

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 022125
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXC263-022200-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060502T2200Z/
KENT TX-
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR KENT COUNTY...

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIRARD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF
JAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GIRARD AND JAYTON.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3336 10061 3331 10067 3321 10083 3316 10090
      3323 10098 3326 10100 3328 10100 3338 10088
      3338 10055

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 022149
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
448 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXC263-022200-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060502T2200Z/
KENT TX-
448 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR KENT COUNTY...

GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 446 PM BY THE KENT COUNTY 
SHERIFFS OFFICE 11 MILES WEST OF JAYTON.

AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIRARD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF
JAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GIRARD.

DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. GO
TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3336 10061 3331 10067 3321 10083 3316 10090
      3323 10098 3326 10100 3328 10100 3338 10088
      3338 10055

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall53 min
May 2, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley55 min
May 2, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens54 min
May 2, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall61 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent62 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley45 min
May 2, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall47 min
May 2, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall51 min
May 2, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle60 min
May 2, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley32 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent19 min
May 2, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle42 min
May 2, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress45 min
May 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing63 min
May 2, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle44 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.