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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 16, 2021Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 16, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

946 
WUUS54 KLUB 162253
SVRLUB
TXC075-101-191-162345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0065.210516T2253Z-210516T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
553 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Childress County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northwestern Cottle County in northwestern Texas...
  Southeastern Hall County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 553 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
  of Tell, or 11 miles west of Childress, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Childress, Tell and Cee Vee. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3442 10056 3453 10044 3438 10010 3416 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 307DEG 14KT 3444 10045 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
106 
WWUS54 KLUB 162330
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
630 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

TXC075-101-191-162345-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210516T2345Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-Hall TX-
630 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHILDRESS...NORTH CENTRAL COTTLE AND SOUTHEASTERN
HALL COUNTIES...

At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Tell, or 6 miles southwest of Childress, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Childress and Tell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3442 10056 3453 10044 3438 10010 3424 10031
      3431 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 307DEG 14KT 3435 10031 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Yoakum56 min
May 15, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more52 min
May 15, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCochran109 min
May 15, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more66 min
May 15, 8:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock113 min
May 15, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn24 min
May 15, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale, Swisher61 min
May 15, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Kent and 4 more17 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale23 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall65 min
May 16, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall31 min
May 16, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley47 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.