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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 19, 2020Castro County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2020, 8:19 PM CDT for Castro County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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, 50 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

07
Local storm report, May 19, 8:08 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro32 min
May 19, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock31 min
May 19, 7:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro114 min
May 19, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock36 min
May 19, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro31 min
May 19, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb45 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn40 min
May 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Swisher38 min
May 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher32 min
May 19, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby34 min
May 19, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Swisher32 min
May 19, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall42 min
May 19, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Hall24 min
May 20, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress42 min
May 20, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza58 min
May 20, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher54 min
May 20, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer65 min
May 20, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent65 min
May 20, 5:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza51 min
May 20, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn56 min
May 20, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher66 min
May 20, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn56 min
May 20, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza18 min
May 20, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher45 min
May 20, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.