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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 1, 2024Lubbock County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2024-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2290 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 2024-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
2290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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, 6:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:18 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
518 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

TXZ021>044-022230-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
518 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A Tornado Watch is in effect through 11 PM CDT for the eastern South
Plains, far southern Texas Panhandle, and the Rolling Plains. A
Flood Watch is also in effect through 11 PM CDT for Hall and
Childress Counties. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue
to develop along and east of the Interstate 27 corridor this
evening. Severe thunderstorms with hail to softball size, winds up to
75 mph, and localized flooding are all possible. A tornado threat
exists across the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and northern
Rolling Plains this evening as well.

Elevated fire weather conditions will develop this afternoon in
Parmer and Bailey Counties. A Rangeland Fire Danger statement is in
effect from 1 PM until 8 PM.

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

A few thunderstorms are possible mainly off the Caprock on Friday.
More widespread chances for showers and thunderstorms return on
Saturday and Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 5:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
556 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

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

0549 PM     Tornado          7 NNW Turkey            34.49N 100.94W
05/01/2024                   Hall               TX   Emergency Mngr

            Brief tornado touch down 7 miles NNW of
            Turkey.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall64 min
May 1, 4:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Hall78 min
May 1, 5:09 PM CDTFlood WatchLUBChildress, Hall6 hr
May 1, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd38 min
May 1, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall64 min
May 1, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall30 min
May 1, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley55 min
May 1, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn, Terry32 min
May 1, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd46 min
May 1, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry45 min
May 1, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall4 hr
May 1, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLUBBriscoe, Hall62 min
May 1, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock44 min
May 1, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall55 min
May 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBFloyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock36 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.