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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 16, 2021Floyd County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 10:22 PM CDT for Floyd County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

692 
WUUS54 KLUB 170322
SVRLUB
TXC153-345-170345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0078.210517T0322Z-210517T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1022 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Floyd County in northwestern Texas...
  Southwestern Motley County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1022 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Dougherty, or 9 miles east of Floydada, moving south 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...
  Floydada and Dougherty. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 10106 3383 10092 3383 10134 3412 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 349DEG 12KT 3401 10117 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SINCAVAGE

The 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 Tornado observed	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, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lamb	46 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, 10:39 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.