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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 3, 2006Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: May 3, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kent County, TX

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 May 3, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 11:27 AM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
453 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TXZ027-033-032230-
BAILEY TX-COCHRAN TX-
453 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS COCHRAN AND BAILEY COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MAPLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH
OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM
CDT.

Local storm report, May 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
534 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             8 E LUBBOCK             33.58N 101.74W
05/03/2006  E0.88 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            IDALOU POLICE CHIEF REPORT OF HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM
            PEA TO PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
            62/82 ON CR400...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF LUBBOCK
            INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HAIL DURATION 525P - 530P.

&&

BLAMARRE

Special weather statement, May 3, 5:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
540 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TXZ037-043-032315-
DICKENS TX-KENT TX-
540 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KENT AND SOUTHERN DICKENS
COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPUR...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

Local storm report, May 3, 5:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
545 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             IDALOU                  33.66N 101.68W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, May 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 6:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
622 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TXZ037-042-043-040015-
DICKENS TX-KENT TX-GARZA TX-
622 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...STRONG AND SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHEAST GARZA...
NORTHWEST KENT AND SOUTHEAST DICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPUR...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AND SEVERE
WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	62 min
May 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	20 min
May 3, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey	40 min
May 3, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lamb	47 min
May 3, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale	56 min
May 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley	55 min
May 3, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	65 min
May 3, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Kent	40 min
May 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	53 min
May 3, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.