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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2020, 7:41 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2020, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 8:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Castro County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 7:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
729 PM CDT Tue May 19 2020
TXZ034-035-200100-
Hockley TX-Lubbock TX-
729 PM CDT Tue May 19 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUBBOCK...NORTHWESTERN CROSBY...
EAST CENTRAL HOCKLEY AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
At 729 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Reese Center to 3 miles south of Lubbock.
Movement was northeast at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail, winds in excess of 40 mph, and heavy rainfall will
be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Abernathy, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock International Airport, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock
South Plains Mall, Reese Center, New Deal and Lubbock Science
Spectrum.
LAT...LON 3352 10215 3382 10205 3383 10181 3378 10156
3370 10156 3345 10180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 207DEG 21KT 3356 10204 3352 10186
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 31 min |
| May 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro | 114 min |
| May 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 36 min |
| May 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 45 min |
| May 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 26 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 38 min |
| May 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 32 min |
| May 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 34 min |
| May 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 32 min |
| May 19, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Hall | 24 min |
| May 20, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 58 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 54 min |
| May 20, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 65 min |
| May 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 65 min |
| May 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Garza | 51 min |
| May 20, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 56 min |
| May 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 66 min |
| May 20, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn | 56 min |
| May 20, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 18 min |
| May 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.