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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
709 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024


TXC153-189-279-303-020030-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-240502T0030Z/
Lubbock TX-Floyd TX-Hale TX-Lamb TX-
709 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN LUBBOCK...SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD...SOUTHERN HALE AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTIES...

At 708 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Abernathy, 
moving north at 45 mph. At 6:57 pm, a West Texas Mesonet site in 
Lubbock reported a 65 mph wind gust.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Abernathy, Shallowater, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
International Airport, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock South Plains Mall,
Reese Center, New Deal, and Lubbock Science Spectrum.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3347 10185 3358 10201 3397 10209 3401 10186
      3397 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 194DEG 38KT 3385 10184 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

MC