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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2019, 6:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2019, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 4, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 S Muleshoe, TX | MIX OF QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL |
| May 4, 7:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Wsw Muleshoe, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:31 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 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, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb, Parmer | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.