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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2021, 5:44 PM CST for Crosby County, Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2021, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2021, 6:14 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crosby County, TX, Hale County, TX, Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:13 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 1 Ne Petersburg, TX | RELAYED BY WFO OUN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
286
WUUS54 KLUB 122344
SVRLUB
TXC107-189-303-130045-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0001.210312T2344Z-210313T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
544 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lubbock County in northwestern Texas...
Northwestern Crosby County in northwestern Texas...
Southeastern Hale County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 645 PM CST.
* At 544 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Abernathy,
moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Abernathy and Petersburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for northwestern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3390 10156 3383 10156 3383 10152 3376 10147
3376 10184 3388 10188 3404 10165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 242DEG 9KT 3380 10181
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
552 follow-up statements
239
WWUS54 KLUB 122356
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
556 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
TXC107-189-303-130045-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210313T0045Z/
Lubbock TX-Crosby TX-Hale TX-
556 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK...NORTHWESTERN CROSBY AND SOUTHEASTERN HALE
COUNTIES...
At 556 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of
Petersburg, or 9 miles east of Abernathy, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Petersburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for northwestern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3379 10149 3379 10177 3393 10177 3404 10165
3390 10156 3383 10156 3383 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 251DEG 28KT 3384 10168
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
55596
WWUS54 KLUB 130014 RRA
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
614 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
TXC107-189-303-130024-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210313T0045Z/
Lubbock TX-Crosby TX-Hale TX-
614 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK...
NORTHWESTERN CROSBY AND SOUTHEASTERN HALE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for northwestern
Texas.
LAT...LON 3379 10149 3379 10177 3393 10177 3404 10165
3390 10156 3383 10156 3383 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 242DEG 9KT 3386 10163
$$
55The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 55 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.