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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 10, 20214 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 3:00 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley and 7 more17 hr
Oct 10, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro31 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.