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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 16, 2024Garza County, Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2024, 1:08 PM CDT for Garza County, Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2024, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2024, 1:48 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2024-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1178 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 2024-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock32 min
May 15, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock36 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock36 min
May 16, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale62 min
May 16, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb55 min
May 16, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza28 min
May 16, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum33 min
May 16, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBYoakum2 hr
May 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley45 min
May 16, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock51 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.