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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 30, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Lubbock County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 M | Lubbock, TX | A 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the NWS office on the south side of town. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289 WFUS54 KLUB 302201 TORLBB TXC303-302230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 500 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 82ND STREET AND UPLAND STREET IN SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK. TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK... 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 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 4 2 6 0. LAT...LON 3355 10198 3342 10183 3351 10163 3371 10183
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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.