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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 13, 2021Childress County, Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 7:11 PM CST for Childress County, Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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: Mar 13, 2021, 7:11 PM CST (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 272 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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

714 
WUUS54 KLUB 140111
SVRLUB
TXC075-101-140200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0023.210314T0111Z-210314T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
711 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Childress County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northeastern Cottle County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 800 PM CST.

* At 710 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest
  of Swearingen, or 8 miles northeast of Paducah, moving northeast at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Paducah and Swearingen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for the Panhandle
of and northwestern Texas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3424 10001 3424 10004 3423 10005 3398 10005
      3398 10030 3417 10039 3442 10000 3423 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 239DEG 33KT 3412 10023 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRC

3 follow-up statements

744 
WWUS54 KLUB 140120
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
720 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

TXC075-101-140200-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210314T0200Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
720 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN COTTLE COUNTIES...

At 720 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Swearingen, or
14 miles northeast of Paducah, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Swearingen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for the Panhandle
of and northwestern Texas.

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 3424 10001 3424 10004 3423 10005 3401 10005
      3405 10020 3422 10031 3442 10000 3423 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 239DEG 33KT 3417 10013 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRC

543 
WWUS54 KLUB 140136
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
736 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

TXC075-101-140200-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210314T0200Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
736 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN COTTLE COUNTIES...

At 736 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Kirkland, or 16 miles southeast of Childress, moving northeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Childress and northeastern Cottle Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for the Panhandle
of and northwestern Texas.

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 3423 10005 3410 10005 3415 10013 3431 10017
      3441 10000 3423 10000 3424 10001 3424 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 227DEG 23KT 3426 10004 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRC

208 
WWUS54 KLUB 140152
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
752 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

TXC075-101-140200-
/O.EXP.KLUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210314T0200Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
752 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHILDRESS AND
NORTHEASTERN COTTLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds, rain and lightning are still possible with additional 
thunderstorm activity in the area.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for the Panhandle
of northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3423 10005 3410 10005 3415 10013 3431 10017
      3441 10000 3423 10000 3424 10001 3424 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 239DEG 33KT 3432 9991 

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 6:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	12 min
Mar 13, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	36 min
Mar 13, 6:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	47 min
Mar 13, 6:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Motley	28 min
Mar 14, 1:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more	17 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.