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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 2018Floyd County, Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2018, 6:52 PM CDT for Floyd County, Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jun 5, 2018, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 6:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
623 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018

.AVIATION...

VFR conditions will continue for the next 24 hours. Included a
TEMPO at LBB until 02Z for gusty winds with a thunderstorm over
southwest Lubbock. Southeasterly winds will become more southerly
around 10-15 kts after 15Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 320 PM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018/

DISCUSSION...
An upper level ridge extends from Chihuahua to Colorado thence
NNEWRD into Manitoba and beyond.   This feature will slowly drift
eastward becoming more squarely planted across West Texas tomorrow
with high pressure nearly overhead into the weekend.  By Saturday
night, a potent upper trough will pivot about a low pressure center
west of the BC coast in a negatively tilted fashion making its
point of closes approach late Sunday evening. This will compress
to the high southward perhaps temporarily giving the mid level
flow a bit of a WSWRLY component before the ridge builds back in
early next week.

For today, thunderstorm activity should be relegated to the areas
east of the Caprock Escarpment and favoring areas up toward
Childress.  A number of solutions depict convection moving out of
the eastern Panhandle though mid-day satellite imagery shows weak
surface gradients and no clouds across that part of the state.  Any
activity which manages to get going in our area should move
southeast (supercells more southerly). Initially, the available
storm moisture is most favorable about 12kft. Given available
instability, golf ball hail and wind to 70mph appear to be the
most likely threat. That said, some storm-scale airmass
modification could push hail sizes higher.

Into Wednesday and Thursday, overall conditions do not appear
terribly favorable for convective initiation though a few scattered
storms are possible with areas out east having the best shot for
storms once again. Thereafter, diurnal convection will likely be
influenced by the previous day's activity and so we have
broadbrushed POPs more liberally in the latter extended.

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

99/99/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 10:13 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

TXZ023-024-052315-
Briscoe TX-Swisher TX-
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SWISHER AND BRISCOE
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

At 544 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles northeast of Mackenzie Reservoir to 6
miles north of Claytonville. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Silverton, Caprock Canyon State Park and Mackenzie Reservoir.

LAT...LON 3471 10094 3456 10095 3431 10120 3431 10147
      3448 10171 3475 10151 3475 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 295DEG 21KT 3472 10129 3446 10154

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

TXZ035-052330-
Lubbock TX-
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

At 557 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Reese Center, or near Lubbock, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Slide, Lubbock South Plains Mall,
Woodrow and Reese Center.

LAT...LON 3348 10207 3351 10208 3356 10208 3371 10200
      3362 10168 3339 10182 3339 10190
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 296DEG 12KT 3360 10197

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

TXZ035-060000-
Lubbock TX-
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CDT...

At 637 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
northwest Lubbock, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Wolfforth, Slide, Woodrow and Reese Center.

LAT...LON 3340 10197 3354 10207 3374 10199 3356 10157
      3339 10170 3339 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 303DEG 18KT 3358 10191

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
644 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

TXZ024-025-060015-
Briscoe TX-Hall TX-
644 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL HALL AND EASTERN
BRISCOE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

At 644 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Caprock Canyon State Park, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Turkey, Caprock Canyon State Park, Quitaque and Valley Schools.

LAT...LON 3451 10072 3431 10096 3431 10108 3457 10124
      3471 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 324DEG 17KT 3454 10107

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher24 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher31 min
Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock32 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe31 min
Jun 5, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock32 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Swisher58 min
Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock22 min
Jun 5, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe31 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.