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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 14, 2021Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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
May 14, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2021-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WUUS54 KLUB 142352
SVRLUB
TXC369-150015-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0052.210514T2352Z-210515T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Parmer County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 651 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
  of Progress, or 8 miles north of Muleshoe, moving east 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...
  Lazbuddie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3441 10283 3441 10253 3436 10253 3431 10256
      3431 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 262DEG 16KT 3436 10275 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Parmer66 min
May 14, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer66 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.