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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 22, 2026Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 7:46 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 295 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: 154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 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 22, 6:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 11:51 AM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1151 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

TXZ021>044-231700-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1151 AM CDT Fri May 22 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 expected to develop across the Caprock
early this afternoon where they will track eastward off the Caprock
through late Friday evening. Some storms may become severe with
main threats being golfball sized hail, strong wind gusts up to 70
mph, and localized heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Daily chances for thunderstorms will continue through the weekend
and into next week. Some storms may be strong to severe and may
produce locally heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:08 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
608 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

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

0527 PM     Landspout        6 S Lazbuddie           34.31N 102.62W
05/22/2026                   Bailey             TX   Public

            Corrects previous landspout report from 6 S
            Lazbuddie. Spotter report of a landspout.

&&

CR

Local storm report, May 22, 6:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
610 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

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

0609 PM     Landspout        Edmonson                34.28N 101.90W
05/22/2026                   Hale               TX   Broadcast Media

            Media report of landspout near Edmonson.

&&

CR

Local storm report, May 22, 6:13 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
613 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

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

0609 PM     Landspout        3 NE Hart               34.42N 102.07W
05/22/2026                   Castro             TX   Public

            Spotter report of a landspout.

&&

CR

Local storm report, May 22, 6:14 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
614 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

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

0600 PM     Hail             10 SW Aiken             34.02N 101.60W
05/22/2026  M2.25 Inch       Hale               TX   Public

            Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.).

&&

CR

Local storm report, May 22, 6:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 minute 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 21, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Cochran	30 min
May 21, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Yoakum	18 min
May 21, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Yoakum	26 min
May 21, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Yoakum	35 min
May 22, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Terry	17 min
May 22, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb	56 min
May 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Garza, Lynn	63 min
May 22, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	43 min
May 22, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn	53 min
May 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer	44 min
May 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock	59 min
May 22, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher	55 min
May 22, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Hale	3 hr
May 22, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Hale	19 min
May 22, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Floyd, Hale	53 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.