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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 28, 2021Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT for Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 28, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Crosby County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -416 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WUUS54 KLUB 281820
SVRLUB
TXC107-303-281845-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0166.210528T1820Z-210528T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
120 PM CDT Fri May 28 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...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 120 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Idalou, or 15
  miles southeast of Abernathy, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Idalou and Lorenzo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3366 10178 3377 10178 3383 10140 3361 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 274DEG 27KT 3369 10164 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MRC

2 follow-up statements

701 
WWUS54 KLUB 281829
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
129 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TXC107-303-281845-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-210528T1845Z/
Lubbock TX-Crosby TX-
129 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK AND NORTHWESTERN CROSBY COUNTIES...

At 129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lorenzo, or 18
miles west of Crosbyton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Lorenzo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3368 10168 3374 10169 3383 10140 3361 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 271DEG 27KT 3370 10155 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MRC

814 
WWUS54 KLUB 281840
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
140 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TXC107-303-281850-
/O.EXP.KLUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-210528T1845Z/
Lubbock TX-Crosby TX-
140 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK AND
NORTHWESTERN CROSBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3368 10168 3374 10169 3383 10140 3361 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 269DEG 24KT 3372 10153 

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle	27 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	27 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle	34 min
May 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle	30 min
May 27, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	32 min
May 28, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	36 min
May 28, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	30 min
May 28, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Cottle	36 min
May 28, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Parmer	26 min
May 28, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	31 min
May 28, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	33 min
May 28, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	32 min
May 28, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall, Motley	33 min
May 28, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress	32 min
May 28, 8:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Motley	34 min
May 28, 11:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hockley	34 min
May 28, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lubbock	28 min
May 28, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lubbock	32 min
May 28, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Crosby	31 min
May 28, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	25 min
May 28, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	46 min
May 28, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	46 min
May 28, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	King	46 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.