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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 14, 2021Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT for Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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: May 14, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 14, 6:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Bovina, TX	DELAYED REPORT OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL RELAYED VIA MEDIA

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 14, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -519 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

525 
WUUS54 KLUB 142209
SVRLUB
TXC017-069-369-142315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0050.210514T2209Z-210514T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
509 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Bailey County in northwestern Texas...
  Parmer County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northwestern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 509 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
  Texico, or 9 miles east of Clovis, moving northeast at 20 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...
  Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Summerfield, Easter, Lazbuddie, Oklahoma
  Lane, Progress, Lariat, Rhea, West Camp and Black.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10215 3424 10279 3424 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 224DEG 18KT 3448 10303 

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

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4 follow-up statements

470 
WWUS54 KLUB 142213
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
513 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

TXC017-069-369-142315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T2315Z/
Bailey TX-Parmer TX-Castro TX-
513 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BAILEY...PARMER AND NORTHWESTERN CASTRO COUNTIES...

At 513 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Bovina, or 11 miles east of Clovis, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Summerfield, Easter, Lazbuddie, Oklahoma
Lane, Progress, Lariat, Rhea, West Camp and Black.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10215 3424 10279 3424 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 224DEG 18KT 3450 10301 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

01

788 
WWUS54 KLUB 142224
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
524 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

TXC017-142234-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T2315Z/
Bailey TX-
524 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BAILEY 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 1100 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of and northwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3475 10215 3431 10270 3431 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 224DEG 18KT 3454 10296 

$$

TXC069-369-142315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T2315Z/
Parmer TX-Castro TX-
524 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PARMER AND NORTHWESTERN CASTRO COUNTIES...

At 524 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Bovina, or 14 miles northeast of Clovis, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Summerfield, Easter, Lazbuddie, Oklahoma
Lane, Lariat, Rhea and Black.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10215 3431 10270 3431 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 224DEG 18KT 3454 10296 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

01

381 
WWUS54 KLUB 142246
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
546 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

TXC069-369-142315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T2315Z/
Parmer TX-Castro TX-
546 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PARMER AND NORTHWESTERN CASTRO COUNTIES...

At 546 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bovina, or 9
miles southwest of Friona, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Summerfield, Easter, Lazbuddie, Oklahoma
Lane, Lariat, Rhea and Black.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10215 3431 10270 3431 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 226DEG 14KT 3456 10285 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

01

209 
WWUS54 KLUB 142256
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
556 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

TXC069-369-142315-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T2315Z/
Parmer TX-Castro TX-
556 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PARMER AND NORTHWESTERN CASTRO COUNTIES...

At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of
Rhea, or 10 miles west of Friona, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Friona, Bovina, Summerfield, Black and Rhea. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10230 3440 10269 3440 10304 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 213DEG 10KT 3460 10291 

HAIL...1.50IN
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 14, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Parmer	66 min
May 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Parmer	23 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.