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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
333
WUUS54 KLUB 162343
SVRLUB
TXC075-101-191-345-170030-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0067.210516T2343Z-210517T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
643 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...
Northeastern Motley County in northwestern Texas...
Southeastern Hall County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
Tell, or 14 miles west of Childress, moving southeast 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...
Northfield, Tell and Cee Vee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 10060 3447 10043 3424 10011 3409 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 318DEG 10KT 3437 10050
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
551 follow-up statement
553
WWUS54 KLUB 170010
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
710 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC075-101-191-345-170030-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210517T0030Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-Motley TX-Hall TX-
710 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHILDRESS...NORTHWESTERN COTTLE...NORTHEASTERN
MOTLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Northfield, or 16 miles southwest of Childress, moving south at 10
mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Northfield, Tell and Cee Vee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 10060 3439 10038 3419 10027 3409 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 012DEG 11KT 3431 10051
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
55The 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, 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 |
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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.