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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 9:59 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2021, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Hale County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
401
WFUS54 KLUB 270259
TORLUB
TXC189-270330-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0031.210527T0259Z-210527T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
959 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Hale County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 959 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Halfway, or 7 miles northwest of Hale Center,
moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Halfway and Edmonson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3431 10182 3411 10179 3408 10202 3430 10208
3432 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 170DEG 8KT 3416 10191
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WCI2 follow-up statements
323
WWUS54 KLUB 270307
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1007 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
TXC189-270330-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210527T0330Z/
Hale TX-
1007 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY...
At 1006 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Halfway, or 7 miles north of Hale Center, moving
north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Halfway and Edmonson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3430 10182 3424 10181 3413 10179 3410 10203
3430 10208 3431 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 169DEG 13KT 3417 10189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WCI976
WWUS54 KLUB 270324
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1024 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
TXC189-270333-
/O.EXP.KLUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210527T0330Z/
Hale TX-
1024 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northwestern
Texas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3430 10182 3424 10181 3413 10179 3410 10203
3430 10208 3431 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 170DEG 8KT 3410 10193
$$
WCIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 2 hr |
| May 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 59 min |
| May 26, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 66 min |
| May 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 61 min |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher | 89 min |
| May 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 32 min |
| May 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 38 min |
| May 26, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 56 min |
| May 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 25 min |
| May 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 28 min |
| May 26, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 24 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Motley | 33 min |
| May 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall, Motley | 34 min |
| May 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe | 32 min |
| May 27, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 50 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.