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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 30, 2021Hale County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2021, 10:23 PM CDT for Hale County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 30, 2021, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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.

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 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

822 
WUUS54 KLUB 310323
SVRLUB
TXC189-279-310415-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0177.210531T0323Z-210531T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1023 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Hale County in northwestern Texas...
  Southeastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1023 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cotton
  Center, or 12 miles northwest of Abernathy, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Abernathy, Petersburg and Cotton Center. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3386 10159 3383 10180 3383 10200 3393 10214
      3408 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 305DEG 14KT 3394 10202 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WCI

2 follow-up statements

006 
WWUS54 KLUB 310339
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1039 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

TXC279-310349-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-210531T0415Z/
Lamb TX-
1039 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3386 10159 3383 10180 3383 10200 3389 10208
      3401 10209 3408 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 305DEG 14KT 3390 10196 

$$

TXC189-310415-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-210531T0415Z/
Hale TX-
1039 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY...

At 1039 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Cotton Center, or 8 miles northwest of Abernathy, moving southeast at
15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Abernathy, Petersburg and Cotton Center. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3386 10159 3383 10180 3383 10200 3389 10208
      3401 10209 3408 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 305DEG 14KT 3390 10196 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WCI

852 
WWUS54 KLUB 310345 RRA
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1045 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

TXC189-310355-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-210531T0415Z/
Hale TX-
1045 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However hail to the size 
of pennies, gusty winds, and heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3386 10159 3383 10180 3383 10200 3389 10208
      3401 10209 3408 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 305DEG 14KT 3389 10193 

$$

WCI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Cochran	2 hr
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran	60 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Lamb	80 min
May 30, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Lamb	60 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran	25 min
May 30, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lamb	55 min
May 30, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Terry, Yoakum	2 hr
May 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Castro, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more	2 hr
May 30, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	24 min
May 30, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	61 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock, Lynn	25 min
May 30, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	49 min
May 30, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Garza, Kent, Lynn	2 hr
May 30, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	66 min
May 30, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	79 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Garza	75 min
May 30, 11:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Cochran, Hockley	65 min
May 30, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry	92 min
May 31, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Kent	54 min
May 31, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	104 min
May 31, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent	62 min
May 31, 1:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall	2 hr
May 31, 2:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	23 min
May 31, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Kent, Stonewall	64 min
May 31, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hall	30 min
May 31, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress, Hall	2 hr
May 31, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Stonewall	34 min
May 31, 8:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Garza	3 hr
May 31, 8:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock, Lynn, Terry	117 min
May 31, 8:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Yoakum	67 min
May 31, 12:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Hockley	2 hr

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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.