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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 8:44 PM CDT for Hale County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
102
WUUS54 KLUB 170144
SVRLUB
TXC189-279-170230-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0072.210517T0144Z-210517T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
844 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Hale County in northwestern Texas...
Southeastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 844 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest
of Fieldton, or 10 miles southwest of Olton, moving east at 15 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...
Olton, Fieldton and Spade.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 10235 3418 10225 3417 10192 3386 10217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 283DEG 13KT 3409 10227
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
553 follow-up statements
741
WWUS54 KLUB 170156
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
856 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC189-279-170230-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210517T0230Z/
Hale TX-Lamb TX-
856 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL HALE AND EAST CENTRAL LAMB COUNTIES...
At 856 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fieldton, or 8
miles southwest of Olton, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Olton and Fieldton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 10235 3418 10225 3417 10192 3395 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 283DEG 13KT 3408 10222
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
55965
WWUS54 KLUB 170202
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
902 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC189-279-170230-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210517T0230Z/
Hale TX-Lamb TX-
902 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL HALE AND EAST CENTRAL LAMB COUNTIES...
At 902 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fieldton, or 7
miles southwest of Olton, moving east at 15 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...
Fieldton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 10226 3415 10220 3411 10197 3395 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 283DEG 13KT 3407 10219
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
55501
WWUS54 KLUB 170213
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
913 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
TXC189-279-170230-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210517T0230Z/
Hale TX-Lamb TX-
913 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL HALE AND EAST CENTRAL LAMB COUNTIES...
At 912 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Fieldton, or 8 miles south of Olton, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Hale and east central Lamb Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 10220 3414 10216 3411 10197 3395 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 283DEG 13KT 3406 10214
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
55The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 43 min |
| May 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 2 hr |
| May 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 46 min |
| May 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 114 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 33 min |
| May 16, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Swisher | 61 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 32 min |
| May 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 40 min |
| May 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 57 min |
| May 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 18 min |
| May 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 65 min |
| May 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 45 min |
| May 16, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, King, Stonewall | 58 min |
| May 16, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 23 min |
| May 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 16, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 46 min |
| May 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley | 2 hr |
| May 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 113 min |
| May 16, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley | 63 min |
| May 17, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley | 65 min |
| May 17, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 53 min |
| May 17, 1:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Kent | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 19 min |
| May 17, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 51 min |
| May 17, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 25 min |
| May 17, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 24 min |
| May 17, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 118 min |
| May 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 33 min |
| May 17, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 12 min |
| May 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 9 hr |
| May 17, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 68 min |
| May 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 57 min |
| May 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent | 66 min |
| May 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 55 min |
| May 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 34 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Bailey | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 38 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 64 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 53 min |
| May 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 27 min |
| May 17, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 67 min |
| May 17, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 114 min |
| May 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 31 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 66 min |
| May 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 56 min |
| May 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 65 min |
| May 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 62 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.