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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2008, 9:16 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2008, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 21, 2:51 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:51 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 339 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 TXZ021>044-222045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 339 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. A DRYLINE LOCATED NEAR A DIMMITT TO FLOYDADA TO CLAIREMONT LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAY SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE MODERATE AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY WHILE THE WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS SHOULD ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER MAINLY THE ROLLING PLAINS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND ACROSS ALL SECTIONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EACH OF THESE DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 39 min |
| May 22, 4:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 15 hr |
| May 22, 9:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 10 hr |
| May 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 21 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.