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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 26, 2021Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted.

693 
WUUS54 KLUB 262342
SVRLUB
TXC017-279-270015-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0149.210526T2342Z-210527T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
642 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Muleshoe
  Wildlife Refuge, or 15 miles north of Morton, moving northeast at
  30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Earth, Sudan, Amherst, Needmore, Fieldton, Muleshoe Wildlife
  Refuge, Bula, Enochs and Springlake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3399 10285 3431 10225 3431 10224 3407 10209
      3383 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 240DEG 25KT 3395 10272 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PAZOS
1 follow-up statement
050 
WWUS54 KLUB 262353
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
653 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

TXC017-279-270015-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210527T0015Z/
Bailey TX-Lamb TX-
653 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BAILEY AND CENTRAL LAMB COUNTIES...

At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Bula, or 17 miles south of Muleshoe, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Earth, Sudan, Amherst, Fieldton and Springlake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3431 10225 3431 10224 3407 10209 3389 10258
      3405 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 240DEG 25KT 3399 10264 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PAZOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent57 min
May 25, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent58 min
May 25, 8:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBKent59 min
May 25, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall61 min
May 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent40 min
May 25, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent, Stonewall20 min
May 25, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens63 min
May 25, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing29 min
May 25, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley27 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle57 min
May 25, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall32 min
May 26, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb, Swisher64 min
May 26, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher58 min
May 26, 6:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.