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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2019, 5:46 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 4, 2019, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 4, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:31 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1031 AM CDT Sat May 4 2019 TXZ021>044-050345- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1031 AM CDT Sat May 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening mainly for areas on the Caprock but a few strong or severe storms may spread across the Rolling Plains as well later this evening. Hail to around 2 inch diameter and wind gusts to 65 mph will be primary threats. Brief tornadoes may be possible in a few areas as well mainly after 6pm. Finally, slower moving storms will be capable of localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There will be a chance for severe thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening as well as Monday afternoon and evening. A few severe storms may also occur late Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed late this afternoon into this evening.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 54 min |
| May 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 116 min |
| May 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 31 min |
| May 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 64 min |
| May 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb, Parmer | 61 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.