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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 6, 2021Castro County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 6, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Castro County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2021-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

633 
WUUS54 KLUB 070231
SVRLUB
TXC069-070315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0192.210607T0231Z-210607T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
931 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Easter, or 6
  miles northwest of Dimmitt, moving east 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...
  Dimmitt and Easter. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10201 3459 10201 3447 10246 3466 10252
      3475 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 267DEG 26KT 3462 10238 

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

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1 follow-up statement
256 
WWUS54 KLUB 070256
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
956 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

TXC069-070315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-210607T0315Z/
Castro TX-
956 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CASTRO COUNTY...

At 955 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
of Dimmitt, moving east 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...
Dimmitt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10201 3459 10201 3451 10232 3464 10235
      3472 10233 3475 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 267DEG 26KT 3463 10215 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb48 min
Jun 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher42 min
Jun 6, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher39 min
Jun 6, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry35 min
Jun 6, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher61 min
Jun 6, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry56 min
Jun 6, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher60 min
Jun 7, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn60 min
Jun 7, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 1 more48 min
Jun 7, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens43 min
Jun 7, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing62 min
Jun 7, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall44 min
Jun 7, 3:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBKing, Stonewall2 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.