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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 9:20 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2002, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Childress County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Loco, TX | A storm chaser 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLUB 060220 TORLBB TXC075-060315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 920 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHILDRESS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 920 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MEMPHIS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADOS ACROSS NORTHERN HALL COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CHILDRESS COUNTY...NORTH OF THE RED RIVER LOCO... ARLIE... 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 THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 4 2 6 0. LAT...LON 3474 10041 3453 10041 3451 10001 3474 10001
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Swisher | 29 min |
| May 5, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 19 min |
| May 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 63 min |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.