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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 1, 20224 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2022, 6:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 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 1, 2022, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2022, 7:11 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 1, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 341 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 1, 6:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
136 PM CDT Sun May 1 2022

TXZ021>044-021845-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
136 PM CDT Sun May 1 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The risk for severe thunderstorms will increase this afternoon and
evening. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to
develop across the western South Plains and southwest Texas
Panhandle by mid afternoon, and also over the southern Rolling
Plains. Severe storms will spread through areas on the Caprock late
this afternoon and into the northern Rolling Plains early this
evening. These thunderstorms will have potential for extremely large
hail to the size of softballs, wind gusts to 70 mph or greater, and
a few tornadoes. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are possible across the
region on Monday as hot, dry, and breezy weather returns to the
area.

Thunderstorms, some severe, may return to the Rolling Plains and
southeastern Texas panhandle Wednesday.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions may return to portions
of the area Friday and Saturday as temperatures rise between 90 and
100 degrees and as relative humidity values fall with breezy,
southwesterly winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is expected across the area late this afternoon
and evening. Reports are encouraged.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 6:13 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:17 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:33 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:37 PM CDT, 19 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
May 1, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Terry, Yoakum	58 min
May 1, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Yoakum	34 min
May 1, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry	29 min
May 1, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum	41 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran	50 min
May 1, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Yoakum	50 min
May 1, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	45 min
May 1, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer	53 min
May 1, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock	36 min
May 1, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn	17 min
May 1, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock	39 min
May 1, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Terry, Yoakum	50 min
May 1, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Castro, Parmer	29 min
May 1, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Terry, Yoakum	45 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.