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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 23, 2013Garza County, Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT for Garza County, Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 23, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 23, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 23, 4:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
355 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0352 PM     TSTM WND GST     CROSBYTON               33.64N 101.24W
05/23/2013  M77 MPH          CROSBY             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300223

CALDRICH

Local storm report, May 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
356 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSBYTON               33.64N 101.24W
05/23/2013                   CROSBY             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300224

CALDRICH

Local storm report, May 23, 3:59 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 4:08 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 4:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
410 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0349 PM     TSTM WND GST     CROSBYTON               33.64N 101.24W
05/23/2013  E60 MPH          CROSBY             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

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EVENT NUMBER LUB1300227

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Local storm report, May 23, 4:12 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
412 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0349 PM     HAIL             5 N DICKENS             33.69N 100.84W
05/23/2013  E1.75 INCH       DICKENS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300229

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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 23, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	22 min
May 23, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	46 min
May 23, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	25 min
May 23, 2:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Floyd, Motley	107 min
May 23, 2:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	46 min
May 23, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	32 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	50 min
May 23, 3:44 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	LUB	Crosby, Hale, Lubbock	72 min
May 23, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	51 min
May 23, 4:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Dickens, King	110 min
May 23, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	26 min
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Motley	47 min
May 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	32 min
May 23, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	106 min
May 23, 4:56 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn	64 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	38 min
May 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent	47 min
May 23, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	104 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall	60 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.