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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 16, 2021Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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: Mar 16, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 16, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Childress, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

517 
WUUS54 KLUB 170021
SVRLUB
TXC075-101-191-170045-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0024.210317T0021Z-210317T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
721 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Childress County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northwestern Cottle County in northwestern Texas...
  Eastern Hall County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 721 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
  Childress, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size 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...
  Childress, Cee Vee, Tell and Estelline. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3457 10000 3447 10000 3419 10041 3428 10052
      3431 10052 3432 10057 3434 10060 3475 10043
      3475 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 216DEG 48KT 3444 10034 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PAZOS

2 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS54 KLUB 170032
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
732 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

TXC075-101-191-170045-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210317T0045Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-Hall TX-
732 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR CHILDRESS...NORTH CENTRAL COTTLE AND EASTERN HALL COUNTIES...

At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Childress, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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...
Childress, Tell and Estelline. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3457 10000 3447 10000 3425 10033 3442 10057
      3475 10043 3475 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 216DEG 48KT 3456 10024 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PAZOS

802 
WWUS54 KLUB 170037
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
737 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

TXC101-191-170046-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210317T0045Z/
Cottle TX-Hall TX-
737 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COTTLE AND
EASTERN HALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3457 10000 3447 10000 3431 10024 3431 10037
      3438 10041 3475 10041 3475 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 212DEG 37KT 3439 10032 

$$

TXC075-170045-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210317T0045Z/
Childress TX-
737 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR CHILDRESS COUNTY...

At 736 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Tell, or 4 miles southwest of Childress, moving northeast at 40 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...
Childress and Tell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3457 10000 3447 10000 3431 10024 3431 10037
      3438 10041 3475 10041 3475 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 212DEG 37KT 3439 10032 

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

PAZOS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress	60 min
Mar 16, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress, Hall	36 min
Mar 16, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress	26 min
Mar 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	King	35 min
Mar 17, 3:35 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 8 more	14 hr
Mar 17, 3:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Garza, Hockley, Kent, King and 5 more	13 hr
Mar 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more	2 hr

Nearby

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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.