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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Estelline, TX | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED. |
| May 22, 10:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Estelline, TX | QUATERT TO GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KLUB 230245
SVRLUB
TXC075-191-230345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0113.160523T0245Z-160523T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
945 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHILDRESS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
EASTERN HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 945 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS TO 11 MILES NORTH OF
NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS...TELL...KIRKLAND AND ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3431 10000 3431 10031 3436 10062 3451 10073
3474 10042 3475 10038 3475 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 259DEG 26KT 3468 10043 3445 10064
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCZ3 follow-up statements
134
WWUS54 KLUB 230306
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1006 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC075-191-230345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160523T0345Z/
CHILDRESS TX-HALL TX-
1006 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR CHILDRESS AND SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
AT 1005 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TELL...OR 15 MILES WEST OF CHILDRESS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS...TELL...KIRKLAND AND ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND WILL CREATE
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3431 10000 3431 10031 3436 10062 3458 10063
3475 10038 3475 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 267DEG 14KT 3447 10051
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
26609
WWUS54 KLUB 230321
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC075-191-230345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160523T0345Z/
CHILDRESS TX-HALL TX-
1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR CHILDRESS AND SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
AT 1019 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
TELL...OR 10 MILES WEST OF CHILDRESS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...HEN EGG SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS...TELL...KIRKLAND AND ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3431 10000 3431 10031 3436 10062 3458 10063
3475 10038 3475 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 272DEG 18KT 3448 10042
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCZ567
WWUS54 KLUB 230327
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1027 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC075-191-230345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160523T0345Z/
CHILDRESS TX-HALL TX-
1027 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR CHILDRESS AND SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
AT 1021 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3
MILES SOUTH OF TELL.
AT 1025 PM CDT...THE WORST PART OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TELL...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CHILDRESS...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS...TELL...KIRKLAND AND ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL! SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3431 10000 3431 10031 3436 10062 3458 10063
3465 10053 3467 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 274DEG 17KT 3446 10045
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Hall | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Motley | 40 min |
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 30 min |
| May 22, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 18 min |
| May 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 41 min |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 35 min |
| May 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 31 min |
| May 22, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 23 min |
| May 22, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Hall | 111 min |
| May 22, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 24 min |
| May 22, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 62 min |
| May 22, 10:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 83 min |
| May 22, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 45 min |
| May 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 16 min |
| May 23, 7:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LUB | Childress | 8 hr |
| May 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall | 37 min |
| May 23, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 24 min |
| May 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.