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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 2021Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2021, 4:02 AM CDT for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 5, 2021, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2021, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

County Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 1060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 Jul 5, 3:21 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:21 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
151 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

TXZ027-028-033-034-050730-
Bailey TX-Hockley TX-Cochran TX-Lamb TX-
151 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY...COCHRAN...NORTHERN
HOCKLEY AND WESTERN LAMB COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles northwest of Sudan to 5 miles west of
Needmore to 8 miles southeast of Arch. Movement was southeast at 40
mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Littlefield, Morton, Anton, Sudan, Amherst, Needmore, Bledsoe,
Enochs, Whitharral, Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge, Bula, Pep, Lehman,
Maple and Whiteface.

LAT...LON 3415 10304 3416 10288 3426 10256 3373 10209
      3371 10209 3358 10245 3353 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 324DEG 34KT 3412 10258 3403 10283 3401 10305

WCI

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
159 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

TXZ030-031-050730-
Floyd TX-Motley TX-
159 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD...NORTHEASTERN CROSBY AND SOUTHWESTERN MOTLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

At 159 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dougherty, or 14 miles east of Floydada, moving south at 5 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dougherty.

LAT...LON 3406 10097 3383 10091 3383 10129 3406 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 000DEG 5KT 3400 10108

WCI

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
228 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

TXZ027-028-033-034-050815-
Bailey TX-Hockley TX-Cochran TX-Lamb TX-
228 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BAILEY...COCHRAN...
NORTHWESTERN HOCKLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMB COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM
CDT...

At 228 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles northeast of Bula to 6 miles southeast
of Lingo. Movement was south at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Morton, Sudan, Bledsoe, Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge, Bula, Enochs, Pep,
Lehman and Maple.

LAT...LON 3385 10305 3409 10252 3373 10241 3344 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 000DEG 18KT 3396 10257 3372 10304

WCI

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:15 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:02 AM CDT, 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
Jul 5, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Castro, Parmer	49 min
Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Parmer	39 min
Jul 5, 12:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Parmer	106 min
Jul 5, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Bailey, Parmer	50 min
Jul 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Bailey, Cochran	39 min
Jul 5, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Floyd	31 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cochran	47 min
Jul 5, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley	73 min
Jul 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb	23 min
Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Hall, Motley	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Yoakum	45 min
Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley	39 min
Jul 5, 4:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall	100 min
Jul 5, 6:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Swisher	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Swisher	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress	3 hr
Jul 5, 8:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	2 hr
Jul 5, 8:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Childress, Cottle	2 hr

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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.