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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 18, 2013Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2013, 5:41 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 18, 2013, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 5:00 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 5:18 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 5:34 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLamb32 min
May 18, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer41 min
May 18, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale, Kent, Motley31 min
May 18, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Motley, Swisher66 min
May 18, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley and 1 more54 min
May 18, 5:31 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more15 hr
May 18, 3:18 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more13 hr
May 18, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall15 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley12 min
May 18, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall11 min
May 18, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle17 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall9 min
May 18, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle27 min
May 18, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress19 min
May 18, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress14 min

Nearby

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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.