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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 3, 2021Lynn County, Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT for Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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: May 3, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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
May 3, 6:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	1 W O'Donnell, TX
May 3, 6:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Tahoka, TX

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 3894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

422 
WUUS54 KLUB 032244
SVRLUB
TXC305-445-032345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0040.210503T2244Z-210503T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
544 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Lynn County in northwestern Texas...
  Southeastern Terry County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Brownfield, moving east at 35 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...
  Tahoka, O'donnell, New Moore and Wilson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3324 10221 3333 10171 3296 10170 3296 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 268DEG 29KT 3304 10223 

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

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3 follow-up statements

248 
WWUS54 KLUB 032302
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
602 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXC305-445-032345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210503T2345Z/
Lynn TX-Terry TX-
602 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN LYNN AND SOUTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTIES...

At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Moore, or
15 miles southeast of Brownfield, moving east at 35 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...
Tahoka, O'donnell, New Moore and Wilson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3333 10171 3296 10170 3296 10212 3327 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 268DEG 29KT 3305 10205 

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

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256 
WWUS54 KLUB 032315
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
615 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXC445-032325-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210503T2345Z/
Terry TX-
615 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3329 10171 3296 10170 3296 10206 3322 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 268DEG 29KT 3305 10192 

$$

TXC305-032345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210503T2345Z/
Lynn TX-
615 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LYNN COUNTY...

At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of New
Moore, or 10 miles southwest of Tahoka, moving east at 35 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...
Tahoka, O'donnell and New Moore. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3329 10171 3296 10170 3296 10206 3322 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 268DEG 29KT 3305 10192 

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

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248 
WWUS54 KLUB 032332
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
632 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXC305-032345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210503T2345Z/
Lynn TX-
632 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LYNN COUNTY...

At 631 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
O'donnell, or 7 miles south of Tahoka, moving east at 35 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...
Tahoka and O'donnell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

In addition to large hail, significant amounts of smaller hail is
likely. Accumulating hail can cause damage to crops, trees, and
vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 10171 3296 10170 3296 10188 3325 10184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 268DEG 29KT 3305 10176 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Yoakum	61 min
May 3, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Terry, Yoakum	54 min
May 3, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	53 min
May 3, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.