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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 26, 2021Garza County, Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT for Garza County, Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 26, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WUUS54 KLUB 270041
SVRLUB
TXC169-263-270115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0264.211027T0041Z-211027T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
741 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Kent County in northwestern Texas...
  East central Garza County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 740 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
  of Lake Alan Henry, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Lake Alan Henry and Clairemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3299 10100 3313 10113 3340 10083 3319 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 230DEG 23KT 3312 10100 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

07

2 follow-up statements

150 
WWUS54 KLUB 270051
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
751 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXC169-263-270115-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-211027T0115Z/
Kent TX-Garza TX-
751 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENT AND EAST CENTRAL GARZA COUNTIES...

At 751 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Clairemont, or 11 miles northeast of Lake Alan Henry, moving
northeast at 25 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...
Lake Alan Henry and Clairemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3299 10100 3313 10113 3340 10083 3319 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 230DEG 23KT 3317 10093 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

07

960 
WWUS54 KLUB 270114
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
814 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXC169-263-270115-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-211027T0115Z/
Kent TX-Garza TX-
814 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENT AND EAST CENTRAL GARZA COUNTIES...

At 802 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Clairemont, or 14 miles west of Jayton, 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...
Lake Alan Henry and Clairemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3299 10100 3313 10113 3340 10083 3319 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 227DEG 34KT 3325 10083 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	29 min
Oct 26, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Kent	29 min
Oct 26, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	37 min
Oct 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, King	56 min
Oct 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Stonewall	28 min
Oct 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	King	30 min
Oct 27, 3:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Crosby, Floyd, Hale and 4 more	14 hr
Oct 27, 4:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more	14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.