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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 15, 2021Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 9:06 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 15, 2021, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

026 
WUUS54 KLUB 160206
SVRLUB
TXC305-160230-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0062.210516T0206Z-210516T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
906 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

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

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
  of O'donnell, or 14 miles northeast of Lamesa, moving northeast at
  30 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...
  O'donnell and Grassland. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 10189 3318 10176 3317 10156 3296 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 203DEG 25KT 3288 10177 

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

SINCAVAGE

1 follow-up statement

055 
WWUS54 KLUB 160222
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
922 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

TXC305-160231-
/O.EXP.KLUB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210516T0230Z/
Lynn TX-
922 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LYNN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Texas.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lubbock Texas.

LAT...LON 3296 10189 3318 10176 3317 10156 3296 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 203DEG 25KT 3296 10173 

$$

SINCAVAGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Yoakum	56 min
May 15, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more	52 min
May 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Cochran	109 min
May 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more	66 min
May 15, 8:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	113 min
May 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hale, Swisher	61 min
May 15, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Kent and 4 more	17 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Hale	23 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	65 min
May 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall	52 min
May 16, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hall	31 min
May 16, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	47 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.