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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 5, 2002Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 7:21 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2002, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2227 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 060021
TORLBB
TXC279-060040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
720 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST LAMB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 740 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR OLTON
  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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 3429 10227 3403 10218 3404 10209
3431 10210

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBSwisher29 min
May 5, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale47 min
May 5, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher63 min
May 5, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe44 min
May 5, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall40 min
May 5, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall65 min
May 5, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBChildress55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.