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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2021, 3:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Oct 10, 2021, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Destructive
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 80.0 mph
Counties Castro County, TX, Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
178
WUUS54 KLUB 102025
SVRLUB
TXC069-189-279-437-102115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0263.211010T2025Z-211010T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
325 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hale County in northwestern Texas...
Southern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Swisher County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Eastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 322 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Olton, moving northeast at 55 mph.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR HART, SPRINGLAKE, OLTON, HALFWAY
AND EDMONSON.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated, with 73 MPH gust measured at Amherst.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Plainview, Littlefield, Tulia, Abernathy, Hale Center, Olton, Hart,
Earth, Petersburg, Kress, Cotton Center, Fieldton, Spade, Halfway,
Seth Ward, Edmonson and Springlake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 10239 3441 10241 3459 10161 3419 10157
3384 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 240DEG 48KT 3417 10227
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
$$
551 follow-up statement
495
WWUS54 KLUB 102055
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
355 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
TXC069-189-279-437-102115-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-211010T2115Z/
Hale TX-Castro TX-Swisher TX-Lamb TX-
355 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR HALE...SOUTHEASTERN CASTRO...SOUTHWESTERN SWISHER AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTIES...
At 351 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
Kress, or 12 miles south of Tulia, moving northeast at 55 mph.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR COTTON CENTER, AND THE I27 CORRIDOR
BETWEEN HALE CENTER AND ABERNATHY.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
Locations impacted include...
Plainview, Tulia, Abernathy, Hale Center, Hart, Petersburg, Kress,
Cotton Center, Spade, Halfway, Seth Ward and Edmonson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 10220 3395 10215 3412 10212 3430 10208
3443 10231 3459 10161 3419 10157 3384 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 240DEG 48KT 3437 10185
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
$$
55The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 31 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.