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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 14, 20266 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 41 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 14, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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
May 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 322 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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -733 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 616 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 14, 6:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
345 PM CDT Thu May 14 2026

TXZ021>044-152045-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
345 PM CDT Thu May 14 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to move across the Caprock and
into the Rolling Plains this afternoon and evening. A few storms may
be severe. The primary hazards will be damaging winds in excess of
60 mph. Blowing dust generated by outflow winds may result in
localized reductions to visibility. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in
effect for the entire forecast area until 10 PM CDT.

Elevated fire weather conditions are also expected this afternoon
and evening. A Fire Danger Statement is in effect for the entire
area until 9 PM.

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

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will be possible
every day from Friday through Monday for the entire region.

Thunderstorm chances will continue for areas off the caprock from
Friday through Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 6:28 PM CDT, 21 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
May 14, 1:16 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more	11 hr
May 14, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley	39 min
May 14, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Parmer	45 min
May 14, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum	47 min
May 14, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale	41 min
May 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock	66 min
May 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 1 more	63 min
May 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Motley, Swisher	64 min
May 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher	44 min
May 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn	61 min
May 14, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	53 min
May 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley	26 min
May 14, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Hall, Motley and 1 more	31 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.