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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 17 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, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 9:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Terry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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.
| 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KLUB 160231
SVRLUB
TXC107-125-153-169-189-263-303-305-345-445-160330-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0063.210516T0231Z-210516T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
931 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Kent County in northwestern Texas...
Lubbock County in northwestern Texas...
Lynn County in northwestern Texas...
Dickens County in northwestern Texas...
Garza County in northwestern Texas...
Southern Floyd County in northwestern Texas...
East central Terry County in northwestern Texas...
Crosby County in northwestern Texas...
Southwestern Motley County in northwestern Texas...
Southern Hale County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 931 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles south of Cotton Center to near Downtown
Lubbock to 8 miles north of New Moore, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Slaton, Post, Floydada, Abernathy, Tahoka, Crosbyton,
Spur, Matador, Dickens, Lake Alan Henry, White River Lake,
Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Ralls, Petersburg, Lorenzo, Ransom
Canyon and Cotton Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3307 10218 3355 10199 3389 10209 3399 10209
3409 10077 3358 10068 3300 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 267DEG 46KT 3393 10198 3355 10184 3315 10201
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WCI/GLK1 follow-up statement
948
WWUS54 KLUB 160248
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
948 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
TXC107-125-153-169-189-263-303-305-345-445-160258-
/O.CAN.KLUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210516T0330Z/
Kent TX-Lubbock TX-Lynn TX-Dickens TX-Garza TX-Floyd TX-Terry TX-
Crosby TX-Motley TX-Hale TX-
948 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KENT...LUBBOCK...
LYNN...DICKENS...GARZA...SOUTHERN FLOYD...EAST CENTRAL TERRY...
CROSBY...SOUTHWESTERN MOTLEY AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Texas.
LAT...LON 3307 10218 3355 10199 3389 10209 3399 10209
3409 10077 3358 10068 3300 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 267DEG 46KT 3394 10176 3356 10162 3316 10179
$$
WCI/GLKThe 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, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 24 min |
| May 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 61 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.