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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 23, 2025Castro County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2025, 6:18 PM CDT for Castro County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 23, 2025, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2025-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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 2025-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-399 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 Apr 23, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
259 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

TXZ021>044-242000-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
259 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late
this afternoon and evening near the Texas and New Mexico border
before expanding over the remainder of the area. Severe storms are
likely and will be capable of producing very large hail up to
baseball size and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph. Locally heavy
rainfall and flooding are also possible.

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

Daily chances for thunderstorms, including severe weather, will
continue each afternoon from Thursday through Tuesday. Heavy rain and
flooding are possible Friday night into Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 5:48 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
548 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

TXZ022-232315-
Castro TX-
548 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CASTRO COUNTY THROUGH
615 PM CDT...

At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Easter, or 7 miles northwest of Dimmitt, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Easter and Dimmitt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3464 10210 3454 10231 3464 10249 3475 10239
      3475 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 223DEG 10KT 3464 10239

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

AP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Terry, Yoakum59 min
Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBHale, Lamb18 min
Apr 22, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley33 min
Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley64 min
Apr 22, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall47 min
Apr 22, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum21 min
Apr 22, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBYoakum36 min
Apr 22, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLUBTerry, Yoakum28 min
Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb, Lubbock32 min
Apr 22, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale, Motley57 min
Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd, Motley2 hr
Apr 22, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBTerry, Yoakum35 min
Apr 22, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb24 min
Apr 22, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd, Motley36 min
Apr 22, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Motley36 min
Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLamb79 min
Apr 22, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens66 min
Apr 22, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale25 min
Apr 22, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby87 min
Apr 22, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens38 min
Apr 23, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro27 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.