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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 6, 2019Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2019, 10:13 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2019, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2019, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
13.1

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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 6, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 10:36 AM CDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1036 AM CDT Mon May 6 2019

TXZ021>044-070345-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1036 AM CDT Mon May 6 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 centered across the northern South Plains
into the extreme southern Texas Panhandle. A few strong to severe
thunderstorms will also be possible across the Rolling Plains and
remainder of the South Plains. Hail up to 2 inches and wind gusts
to 60 mph will be possible along with isolated tornadoes. In
addition, slow moving storms may cause local flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

There is a chance for significant severe weather Tuesday afternoon
into the evening hours. Expect severe thunderstorms to form in a
favorable environment supporting strong wind gusts, large hail
and tornadoes. There will also be a threat for flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 5:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 9:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer35 min
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer31 min
May 6, 10:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBParmer2 hr
May 6, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer49 min
May 6, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer58 min
May 6, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer41 min
May 7, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb, Lubbock24 min
May 7, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Hockley, Lamb61 min
May 7, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher66 min
May 7, 4:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher116 min
May 7, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Swisher37 min
May 7, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Terry35 min
May 7, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Swisher30 min
May 7, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher54 min
May 7, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry37 min
May 7, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock35 min
May 7, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry25 min
May 7, 5:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBSwisher33 min
May 7, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Terry31 min
May 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry18 min
May 7, 5:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBBriscoe, Swisher48 min
May 7, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCastro, Swisher2 hr
May 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock36 min
May 7, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry32 min
May 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.