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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 3, 2001Cochran County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2001, 5:18 PM CDT for Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
May 3, 2001, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cochran County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 5:46 PM CDTHail 1.75Whiteface, TXStorm spotters 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
May 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2001-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 2001-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 032219
TORLBB
TXC079-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
518 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES WEST OF MORTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
  TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MORTON...

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.N 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 3380 10296 3368 10287 3374 10265 3382 10281

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby48 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBChildress45 min
May 2, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley43 min
May 2, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza40 min
May 2, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle51 min
May 3, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro39 min
May 3, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro30 min
May 3, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher52 min
May 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher45 min
May 3, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran44 min
May 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran49 min
May 3, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum49 min
May 3, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley32 min
May 3, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran44 min
May 3, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro46 min
May 3, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry43 min
May 3, 6:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCochran3 hr
May 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran48 min
May 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry46 min
May 3, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro28 min
May 3, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb40 min
May 3, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley33 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.