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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 3, 2006Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2006, 8:44 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 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, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 11:27 AM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 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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FBOWSER

Local storm report, May 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 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.

Local storm report, May 3, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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

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

0620 PM     HAIL             5 S LORENZO             33.60N 101.54W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       CROSBY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0638 PM     HAIL             8 S RALLS               33.56N 101.38W
05/03/2006  E0.88 INCH       CROSBY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lubbock	33 min
May 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	39 min
May 3, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	63 min
May 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	56 min
May 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Kent	64 min
May 3, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	60 min
May 3, 7:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	67 min
May 3, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd	49 min
May 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe	48 min
May 3, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	20 min
May 3, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	52 min
May 3, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	56 min
May 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	45 min
May 3, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	67 min
May 3, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	45 min
May 3, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.