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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 28, 2022Cottle County, King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2022, 5:11 PM CDT for Cottle County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2022, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cottle County, TX, King County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 899 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-433 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
225 PM CDT Sat May 28 2022

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225 PM CDT Sat May 28 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Unseasonably hot temperatures and strong winds will result in
elevated fire weather conditions today. A Fire Danger Statement is
in effect for areas on the Caprock from 12 PM until 9 PM. Isolated
high-based thunderstorms capable of severe wind gusts up to 70 mph
and large hail up to the size of golf balls are possible this
evening over the Rolling Plains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Wind speeds Sunday may be near Wind Advisory levels, greater than 30
mph. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected Sunday and
possibly Monday as breezy to windy hot and dry weather continues.
Thunderstorms, some severe with locally heavy rain, may return late
Tuesday and Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBKing36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.