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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 5, 2026Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2026, 6:41 PM CST for Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
Mar 5, 2026, 6:41 PM CST (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2026, 7:30 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 5, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2026-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 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 00:00Z on 2026-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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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 Mar 5, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 12:09 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1209 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

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1209 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorm chances will expand along and east of the Highway 385
corridor today. Some storms may become severe in the afternoon and
evening and will be capable of producing very large hail up to two
inches in diameter, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, and a tornado
or two. The best potential for a tornado will be in the northern
Rolling Plains and far southeastern Texas Panhandle this afternoon
and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Isolated thunderstorms may develop early Friday morning across the
southern portions of the Caprock and into the Rolling Plains. The
primary threat with storms early Friday morning will be large hail.

Critical fire weather danger is expected on the Caprock Friday
afternoon. A Red Flag Warning is now in effect for areas on the
Caprock from 11 AM through 8 PM Friday. Elevated to near critical
fire danger is expected off the Caprock where a Rangeland Fire Danger
statement has been issued for the same time period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall32 min
Mar 5, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall47 min
Mar 6, 4:32 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer13 hr

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.