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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 23, 2026Hale County, Lubbock County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2026, 6:03 PM CDT for Hale County, Lubbock 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: Jun 23, 2026, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hale County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 23, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -366 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Jun 23, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
450 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

TXZ021>044-242200-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
450 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A few thunderstorms may become severe late this afternoon through
tonight, mainly over the southern Texas Panhandle and South Plains.
Large hail to base ball size, wind gusts to 70 mph, and locally
heavy rain are all possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Low chances for thunderstorms continue each evening from Wednesday
through Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
214 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

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

0143 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     11 S Kirkland           34.23N 100.07W
06/23/2026  M68 MPH          Cottle             TX   Public

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AP

Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
215 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

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

0204 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 SSE Hackberry         33.90N 100.13W
06/23/2026  M58 MPH          Cottle             TX   Mesonet

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:56 PM CDT, 7 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
Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress	42 min
Jun 23, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Childress	31 min
Jun 23, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall	41 min
Jun 23, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle	24 min
Jun 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	32 min
Jun 23, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	54 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lamb	24 min
Jun 23, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Crosby, Floyd	67 min
Jun 23, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley, Lamb	41 min
Jun 23, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Crosby, Hale, Lubbock	36 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.