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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2025, 6:58 PM CDT for Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2025, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 25, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 159 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025 TXZ021>044-261900- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 159 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A Tornado Watch is in effect through 10 PM for the South Plains, far southern Texas Panhandle, and the central and northern South Plains. Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon initially near the Texas-New Mexico state line and across portions of the Rolling Plains. Storms will then expand in coverage across the rest of the Caprock and move slowly southeastward across the entire area this evening through tonight. All severe hazards will be possible with these storms, including very large or giant hail near softball size or larger, damaging wind gusts up to 75 mph, and tornadoes. Heavy rainfall is also likely within severe storms, and a threat for flash flooding will exist from late this afternoon through the overnight hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Daily chances for thunderstorms, including severe weather, will continue each afternoon from Saturday through Wednesday. Heavy rain and flooding are possible on Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:27 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
627 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0602 PM Hail 4 NW Anton 33.84N 102.22W
04/25/2025 M2.55 Inch Lamb TX Public
Report via X. Position Estimated.
&&
JWJLocal storm report, Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
628 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 PM Hail 4 NW Shallowater 33.73N 102.04W
04/25/2025 E1.50 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
in.).
0623 PM Funnel Cloud Anton 33.81N 102.16W
04/25/2025 Hockley TX Public
&&Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
629 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM Hail 7 W Littlefield 33.90N 102.45W
04/25/2025 E1.00 Inch Lamb TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:37 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
637 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM Hail 5 SE Littlefield 33.87N 102.27W
04/25/2025 M1.75 Inch Lamb TX CO-OP Observer
Coop observer report.
&&Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:43 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
643 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0641 PM Hail 4 NW Shallowater 33.73N 102.04W
04/25/2025 M1.50 Inch Lubbock TX Storm Chaser
0638 PM Hail 7 N Smyer 33.69N 102.17W
04/25/2025 E2.00 Inch Hockley TX Public
Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
0636 PM Hail 6 N Smyer 33.68N 102.17W
04/25/2025 E1.00 Inch Hockley TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Motley | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Kent | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Motley | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 12:50 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey, Hockley, Lamb | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lamb | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Lamb | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hockley | 2 hr |
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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.