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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 13, 2021Childress County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 13, 2021, 1:05 AM CST for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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: Mar 13, 2021, 1:05 AM CST (07:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Childress County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 512 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 12, 11:17 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 11:17 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 2:06 PM CST, 10 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
206 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

TXZ021>044-132015-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
206 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorm chances will increase late this afternoon and continue
tonight with the potential to bring all severe hazards. Hail up to 2
inches in diameter along with wind gusts to 65 mph will be possible.
In addition, there will be a tornado threat, mainly north and east of
a line from Dimmitt, to Plainview, to Paducah. Heavy rain across the
far southeastern Texas Panhandle could also create localized
flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Additional thunderstorms are expected to develop along a dryline
Saturday, and these storms will also have the potential to become
severe. To the west of the dryline, generally west of the I-27
corridor during mid to late afternoon Saturday, elevated fire weather
conditions may develop due to the arrival of a dry air mass and
increasing west winds.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions may develop areawide
Sunday along with very strong winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed. Please relay any
information about severe weather to the NWS while following local,
state, and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 12, 7:16 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
716 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NNW MCADOO            33.77N 101.03W
03/12/2021  M64 MPH          DICKENS            TX   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2100168

RCB

Local storm report, Mar 12, 8:14 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
814 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0719 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W AFTON               33.76N 100.85W
03/12/2021                   DICKENS            TX   STORM CHASER

            POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER POLES SNAPPED

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2100169

JW

Local storm report, Mar 12, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
850 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0847 PM     HAIL             4 E DELWIN              33.88N 100.33W
03/12/2021  E1.75 INCH       COTTLE             TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2100170

JW

Local storm report, Mar 12, 9:57 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
957 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0818 PM     TORNADO          15 SW PADUCAH           33.86N 100.49W
03/12/2021                   COTTLE             TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2100171

JW

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:05 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd	45 min
Mar 12, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	39 min
Mar 12, 6:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	86 min
Mar 12, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	26 min
Mar 12, 6:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	63 min
Mar 12, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Dickens, Motley	25 min
Mar 12, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza	26 min
Mar 12, 7:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	78 min
Mar 12, 7:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	28 min
Mar 12, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza	46 min
Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	32 min
Mar 12, 9:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Cottle	2 hr
Mar 12, 9:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	2 hr
Mar 12, 9:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	113 min
Mar 12, 10:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Lubbock	59 min
Mar 12, 10:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	25 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more	17 hr
Mar 13, 2:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Lamb	38 min
Mar 13, 2:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	23 min
Mar 13, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LUB	Castro, Swisher	19 min
Mar 13, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher	29 min
Mar 13, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	15 min
Mar 13, 3:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	32 min
Mar 13, 3:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	32 min
Mar 13, 3:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Swisher	18 min
Mar 13, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	20 min
Mar 13, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher	32 min
Mar 13, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd	25 min
Mar 13, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	32 min
Mar 13, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd	24 min
Mar 13, 4:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Briscoe	35 min
Mar 13, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	34 min
Mar 13, 5:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	34 min
Mar 13, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	46 min
Mar 13, 5:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LUB	Briscoe	25 min
Mar 13, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza	34 min
Mar 13, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	45 min
Mar 13, 5:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	36 min
Mar 13, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Motley	36 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.