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On Monday, May 17, 2021 the City of Lubbock received a tornado warning from the National Weather Service in Lubbock. With the threat of severe weather, Lubbock and Texas Tech offer students and citizens several warning notification systems.
The last time Lubbock received a tornado warning was on April 30, 2012, according to Justin Weaver, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service in Lubbock. Sending out tornado warnings is something the NWS is careful about.
âWeâre very careful about issuing tornado warnings in the first tornado warning we issued for the city of Lubbock in nine years,â Weaver said.
There are two weather advisories that come from NWS, watches and warnings. Watches, according to Weaver, are when conditions are favorable for severe weather to happen. Warnings are issued when the threat of severe weather is high enough that the public needs to be warned about.
High call volume from residents seeking COVID-19 vaccination appointments on Thursday was likely the cause of the disruption to the city s phone system, city officials said.
By about 9 a.m., more than 75% of the slots to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were booked, according to a city news release. An hour later, all the slots were booked, according to a second news release.
The slots were part of the city s vaccination schedule for Thursday between 10 a.m to 4 p.m. at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Exhibit Hall.
City spokeswoman Lacey Nobles said Thursday s vaccinations split the remaining 800-plus doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine between Phase 1A patients who have not yet been vaccinated and Phase 1B patients.