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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 8:01 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Briscoe County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLUB 060101 TORLBB TXC045-060145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 758 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 21 MILES NORTH OF SILVERTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BRISCOE COUNTY. * ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF MACKENZIE RESERVOIR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... SILVERTON... 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 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 4 2 6 0. LAT...LON 3474 10146 3442 10146 3448 10095 3474 10095
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, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 65 min |
| May 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Childress | 55 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.