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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 25, 2021Childress County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKirkland, TXSTRONG 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley78 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress35 min
Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Yoakum2 hr
Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher25 min
Jul 25, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd25 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Swisher70 min
Jul 25, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale24 min
Jul 25, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCrosby21 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale30 min
Jul 25, 6:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBFloyd, Hale, Swisher72 min
Jul 25, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHale, Lamb46 min
Jul 25, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLamb30 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.