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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 17, 2021Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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: May 17, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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 17, 6:57 PM CDT	HAIL 2	N Needmore, TX
May 17, 7:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Nnw Sudan, TX

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
May 17, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WUUS54 KLUB 172355
SVRLUB
TXC017-279-180100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0101.210517T2355Z-210518T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
655 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Bailey County in northwestern Texas...
  Northern Lamb County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Needmore, or
  14 miles south of Muleshoe, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Muleshoe, Sudan, Amherst, Needmore, Progress and Muleshoe Wildlife
  Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3411 10304 3431 10284 3431 10276 3416 10217
      3399 10241 3393 10272 3403 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 246DEG 25KT 3402 10272 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

55

4 follow-up statements

120 
WWUS54 KLUB 180005 RRA
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
705 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

TXC017-279-180100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210518T0100Z/
Bailey TX-Lamb TX-
705 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES...

At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Needmore, or 13 miles south of Muleshoe, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Muleshoe, Sudan, Amherst, Needmore, Progress and Muleshoe Wildlife
Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3411 10304 3431 10284 3431 10276 3416 10217
      3399 10241 3393 10272 3403 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 246DEG 25KT 3405 10264 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

55

669 
WWUS54 KLUB 180024
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
724 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

TXC017-279-180100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210518T0100Z/
Bailey TX-Lamb TX-
724 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES...

At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sudan, or 10
miles southwest of Earth, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Muleshoe, Sudan, Needmore and Progress. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3411 10304 3431 10284 3431 10276 3416 10217
      3405 10238 3402 10252 3403 10270 3399 10286
      3403 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 246DEG 25KT 3410 10250 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

55

716 
WWUS54 KLUB 180040
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
740 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

TXC017-279-180100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210518T0100Z/
Bailey TX-Lamb TX-
740 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES...

At 740 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Earth, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Muleshoe, Sudan and Needmore. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 10284 3429 10268 3416 10217 3405 10238
      3402 10252 3403 10270 3399 10286 3403 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 246DEG 25KT 3415 10237 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SINCAVAGE

577 
WWUS54 KLUB 180048
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
748 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

TXC017-279-180100-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210518T0100Z/
Bailey TX-Lamb TX-
748 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES...

At 748 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Earth, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Muleshoe, Sudan and Needmore. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 10284 3429 10268 3416 10217 3405 10238
      3402 10252 3403 10270 3401 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 246DEG 25KT 3417 10231 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SINCAVAGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Lamb	43 min
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	2 hr
May 16, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	46 min
May 16, 7:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Castro, Lamb	114 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LUB	Lamb	33 min
May 16, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Swisher	61 min
May 16, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Lamb	32 min
May 16, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe	40 min
May 16, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lamb	46 min
May 16, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley	57 min
May 16, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lamb	18 min
May 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Floyd, Motley	2 hr
May 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley	65 min
May 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale	45 min
May 16, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent, King, Stonewall	58 min
May 16, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	23 min
May 16, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King and 1 more	66 min
May 16, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock	46 min
May 16, 11:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley	2 hr
May 16, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Floyd, Hale	113 min
May 16, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley	63 min
May 17, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley	65 min
May 17, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	53 min
May 17, 1:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Kent	2 hr
May 17, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	19 min
May 17, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Dickens	51 min
May 17, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	25 min
May 17, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Floyd	24 min
May 17, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Dickens	33 min
May 17, 3:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Floyd, Hale	118 min
May 17, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Dickens	33 min
May 17, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	52 min
May 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more	12 min
May 17, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more	9 hr
May 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Garza, Kent	68 min
May 17, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	King, Stonewall	56 min
May 17, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey	57 min
May 17, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	66 min
May 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	King, Stonewall	55 min
May 17, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	34 min
May 17, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	3 hr
May 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Bailey	3 hr
May 17, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Motley	38 min
May 17, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum	39 min
May 17, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Lamb	64 min
May 17, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	53 min
May 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Stonewall	27 min
May 17, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	67 min
May 17, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Swisher	63 min
May 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Lamb	114 min
May 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Stonewall	31 min
May 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley, Terry	66 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	63 min
May 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall, Motley	56 min
May 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe	63 min
May 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lynn, Terry	62 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.