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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 25, 2000Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2000, 6:28 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2000, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:31 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57 M(Lbb)Lubbock Intl Ar, TXThe KLBB ASOS unit measured 66 mph wind gusts.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 473 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
473 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

606 
WFUS54 KLUB 252329
TORLBB
TXC303-260000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
628 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR:
  LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A TORNADO IN OR NEAR:
  NEW DEAL

PERSONS IN OR NEAR NEW DEAL...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

END

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry52 min
May 25, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry51 min
May 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb, Lubbock40 min
May 25, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn50 min
May 25, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley42 min
May 25, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale45 min
May 25, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb45 min
May 25, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza42 min
May 25, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.