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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 26, 2021Hale County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 9:09 PM CDT for Hale County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 26, 2021, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 9:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 Wnw Hale Center, TX
May 26, 9:36 PM CDTTORNADO8 Wsw Hale Center, TXLIGHTNING ILLUMINATED PICTURE OF ROPE TORNADO. LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. TORNADO REPORTED TO BE ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

808 
WUUS54 KLUB 270209
SVRLUB
TXC189-279-270315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0155.210527T0209Z-210527T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
909 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Hale County in northwestern Texas...
  East central Lamb County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 908 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
  Hale Center, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Plainview, Hale Center, Cotton Center, Halfway and Seth Ward. 

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 3397 10209 3407 10212 3421 10207 3431 10157
      3397 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 253DEG 14KT 3409 10195 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WCI
2 follow-up statements
749 
WWUS54 KLUB 270223 RRA
SVSLUB

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

TXC279-270232-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Lamb TX-
923 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3402 10204 3421 10207 3431 10157 3401 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 251DEG 8KT 3411 10194 

$$

TXC189-270315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Hale TX-
923 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HALE COUNTY...

At 922 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Halfway, or 6 miles northwest of Hale Center, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Plainview, Hale Center, Halfway and Seth Ward. 

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 3402 10204 3421 10207 3431 10157 3401 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 251DEG 8KT 3411 10194 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WCI
196 
WWUS54 KLUB 270253 RRA
SVSLUB

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

TXC189-270315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Hale TX-
953 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY...

At 953 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of
Plainview, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Plainview and Halfway. 

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 3420 10207 3421 10207 3427 10176 3412 10174
      3409 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 253DEG 14KT 3415 10180 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WCI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher45 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher64 min
May 26, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer50 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHale, Lamb2 hr
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer59 min
May 26, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale, Lamb31 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher30 min
May 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher61 min
May 26, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale30 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher89 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb32 min
May 26, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley38 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale31 min
May 26, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher56 min
May 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock25 min
May 26, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher28 min
May 26, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd, Hale24 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Floyd32 min
May 26, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Motley33 min
May 27, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall, Motley34 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe32 min
May 27, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall32 min
May 27, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe33 min
May 27, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley50 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.