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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 14, 2018Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 5:42 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2018, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 14, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 14, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 11:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:28 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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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 13, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	65 min
May 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress, Hall	2 hr
May 13, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	26 min
May 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	65 min
May 13, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	64 min
May 13, 8:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	2 hr
May 13, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall	63 min
May 13, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress	41 min
May 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress	90 min
May 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	58 min
May 14, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	64 min
May 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	36 min
May 14, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Motley, Stonewall	67 min
May 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress	23 min
May 14, 5:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Swisher	58 min
May 14, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall, Motley	54 min
May 14, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress	37 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.