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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 2010Castro County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2010, 6:11 PM CDT for Castro County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2010, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 31, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:26 AM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1126 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

TXZ021>044-011630-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1126 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
457 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

TXZ021-312230-
PARMER-
457 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARMER COUNTY...

AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL PARMER COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BOVINA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
510 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

TXZ021-022-027-028-312245-
BAILEY-CASTRO-LAMB-PARMER-
510 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB...BAILEY...CASTRO AND
PARMER COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BAILEY COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:39 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
539 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

TXZ021-312315-
PARMER-
539 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARMER COUNTY...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF FRIONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. BLACK IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
543 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

TXZ022-028-312315-
CASTRO-LAMB-
543 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB AND CASTRO COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN LAMB COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. EARTH IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb44 min
May 31, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.