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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
County Childress County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kirkland, TX | STRONG T-STORM OUTFLOW WINDS DESTROYED A CARPORT, BLEW THE DOORS OFF A BARN, AND BROKE OFF TREE LIMBS IN KIRKLAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
706 WWUS84 KLUB 252021 SPSLUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 321 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021 TXZ026-252045- Childress TX- 321 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHERN COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... At 320 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southeast of Childress, moving east at 30 mph. Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Childress, Tell and Kirkland. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Lubbock Texas. && LAT...LON 3431 10040 3449 10040 3456 10000 3431 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 255DEG 25KT 3437 10019 $$ SINCAVAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 78 min |
| Jul 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cochran, Yoakum | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 70 min |
| Jul 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 21 min |
| Jul 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hale | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 72 min |
| Jul 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.