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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 30, 2024Cochran County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2024, 4:41 PM CDT for Cochran 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 30, 2024, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2024, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cochran County, TX

The radar

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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 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 30, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 11:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1146 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024

TXZ021>044-311700-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1146 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon across the far
southern Texas Panhandle, South Plains and Rolling Plains. Very
large hail up to 2.75 inches, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, and
a tornado or two. Additionally, locally very heavy rainfall may
produce flash flooding, especially across the Rolling Plains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

The chance for thunderstorms will continue into the weekend and into
early next week. Saturday currently looks like the day with the
highest potential for widespread severe weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 12:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 12:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 4:19 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 4:36 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 4:38 PM CDT, 3 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 30, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall, Swisher	54 min
May 30, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Bailey, Lamb, Parmer	66 min
May 30, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley, Swisher	59 min
May 30, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Hockley, Lamb	47 min
May 30, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 1 more	58 min
May 30, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Motley	60 min
May 30, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	60 min
May 30, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, King	61 min
May 30, 6:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, King, Motley	2 hr
May 30, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle	23 min
May 30, 9:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	87 min
May 30, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle, Motley	30 min
May 30, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cottle, King	32 min
May 30, 1:50 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, Kent, King and 2 more	13 hr
May 30, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran	39 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Yoakum	62 min
May 30, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Cochran, Yoakum	67 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Yoakum	38 min
May 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Yoakum	42 min
May 30, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley	40 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum	31 min
May 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.