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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 4, 2022Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT for Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 4, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2022, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 4, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2022-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 459 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
459 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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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 4, 1:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1054 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022

TXZ021>044-051600-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1054 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon along and east
of a dryline around the Interstate 27/US Highway 87 corridor, with
the greatest potential being north and east of a line from Silverton
to Matador to Guthrie. These thunderstorms will have the potential to
produce large hail to the size of baseballs, wind gusts to 70 mph,
and isolated tornadoes. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible.

Warm, dry, and breezy conditions will lead to elevated fire weather
conditions over the far western South Plains and extreme
southwestern Texas Panhandle this afternoon. A rangeland fire danger
statement is in effect for these areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions may return to portions
of the area Sunday and Monday as temperatures rise into the upper
90s to around 100 with dry southwest winds increasing.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
322 PM CDT WED MAY 04 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0314 PM     HAIL             5 NE VIGO PARK          34.70N 101.43W
05/04/2022  E1.00 INCH       BRISCOE            TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2200246

GKENDRICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley44 min
May 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley46 min
May 4, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBHall, Motley52 min
May 4, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley66 min
May 4, 5:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley32 min
May 4, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBStonewall46 min
May 4, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall26 min
May 4, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, King53 min
May 4, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBKent, Stonewall61 min

Nearby

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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.