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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 27, 2002Crosby County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports 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 27, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crosby County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 27, 5:41 PM CDTHail 1Crosbyton, TX
May 27, 5:43 PM CDTHail 1.75Crosbyton, TXThe Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
May 27, 5:54 PM CDTHail 1.75Crosbyton, TXThe Crosby County Sheriff's Office 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 27, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1308 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 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 272215
TORLBB
TXC107-272245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
513 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF   
  RALLS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF CROSBYTON. THE TORNADO WAS 
  MOVING EAST AT 20   MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...  
  RALLS AND CROSBYTON...

TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY
BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3381 10146 3364 10154 3353 10106 3383 10107

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher48 min
May 27, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock48 min
May 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale45 min
May 27, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBSwisher32 min
May 27, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale, Lubbock41 min
May 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale45 min
May 27, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd58 min
May 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale23 min
May 27, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby30 min
May 27, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd38 min
May 27, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby46 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby48 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.