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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2019, 7:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 7, 2019, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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 7, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 607 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 .AVIATION... Line of thunderstorms stretches along I-27 currently impacting PVW and LBB and included gusts to 40kts. Initial line should clear PVW and LBB around 03Z then approach CDS around 02Z. Additional rounds of storms are possible, but timing and location are uncertain. Tornado watch continues until 11pm. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 220 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019/ DISCUSSION... Main focus for this forecast will surround the severe weather chances this afternoon and evening. Deep upper level low is moving through AZ this afternoon with SWRLY flow over the CWA. Quick surface analysis shows the dryline in far eastern NM with a quasi-stationary/cold front straddling the TX/OK Panhandles (just north of the FA). Moisture continues to increase area wide with dewpoints now in the 60Fs. The expectation is that as the day progresses the dryline will push slightly further east into the CWA as the cold front drops further south and a surface low develops in far eastern NM. This will effectively create a triple point near and around our far NW counties. As diurnal heating combines with ample upper level energy provide by the upper level low convection will develop south of the cold front and along the dryline. All severe parameters tell the story of area wide scattered severe weather. In general, guidance continues to show steep lapse rates of 8-9 C/km (thanks to afternoon mid-level cooling), MUCAPES of 2500- 3500 J/kg and Bulk Shear values of ~40-45 kts. This will favor supercell development with all hazards in play. Initial threats will be very large hail, damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall. As the evening progresses the threat for tornados goes up due the increasing low level jet and low level helicity values. The area with maximum tornado threat will be near the position of the front in the far eastern extreme Texas Panhandle. The main uncertainties for this forecast surround the amount of cirrus currently over much of the FA and the eventual placement of the dryline and front. Both of these things could limit convection or convection placement. Tomorrow, will be a down day as as a Pacific front pushes much of the moisture east and SW surface flow advects warmer and drier air into the area. A cold front is progged to move through the FA late Wednesday into early Thursday. This will force any residual moisture south of the area. There is a slight chance that precip could develop along the cold front early Thursday morning. For now we have keep the forecast dry but that could change in later iterations. Friday, another upper level low will develop off the coast of California. This will place us under SWRLY flow and allow for moisture to return to the region, increasing our rain shower and thunderstorm chances late in the weekend into early next week. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 99/99/08
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 11:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1123 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019 TXZ021>044-080430- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1123 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Widespread severe thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon and evening across the entire region. The greatest risk will occur across the northern Rolling Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle. The expected threats this afternoon will be hail to the size of baseballs, wind gusts 70 to 80 mph and isolated tornadoes. In addition, heavy rainfall may cause localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
539 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TORNADO 9 SW TULIA 34.45N 101.88W
05/07/2019 SWISHER TX STORM CHASER
VIA TWITTER PIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1900342
JGDLocal storm report, May 7, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
600 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM TORNADO 9 NE TULIA 34.63N 101.66W
05/07/2019 SWISHER TX STORM CHASER
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1900343
JLJLocal storm report, May 7, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0614 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NW VIGO PARK 34.70N 101.55W
05/07/2019 E80 MPH SWISHER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS POWER LINES SNAPPED. POSSIBLE TORNADO CROSSED
ROAD.
&&
CORRECTED COUNTY/STATE...LOCATION
EVENT NUMBER LUB1900345
JLJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 35 min |
| May 7, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 116 min |
| May 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Swisher | 114 min |
| May 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 31 min |
| May 8, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall, Motley | 32 min |
| May 8, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, Motley | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 28 min |
| May 8, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, King, Motley | 57 min |
| May 8, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 30 min |
| May 8, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 12 min |
| May 8, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.