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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 2001Briscoe County, Hall County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2001, 4:20 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Hall County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2001, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDTHail 1.75Turkey, TXLaw enforcement officials reported golfball size hail.

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
Jun 5, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 524 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 052121
TORLBB
TXC045-191-345-052145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF VALLEY 
SCHOOLS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF QUITAQUE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...  VALLEY 
SCHOOLS AND QUITAQUE...AND TURKEY.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

T
LAT...LON 3443 10114 3404 10082 3469 10046 3472 10112

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent52 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent44 min
Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent44 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall50 min
Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza33 min
Jun 4, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKent2 hr
Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent45 min
Jun 5, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent41 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall, Motley30 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall, Motley42 min
Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley60 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd, Motley51 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.