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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 19, 2003Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2003, 1:25 AM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 19, 2003, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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
Apr 18, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 19, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

866 
WFUS54 KLUB 190625
TORLBB
TXC345-190715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
125 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATADOR. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MATADOR...
  ROARING SPRINGS...

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. 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 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3410 10103 3385 10105 3385 10054 3426 10053

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby66 min
Apr 18, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens44 min
Apr 18, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry38 min
Apr 18, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley51 min
Apr 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress61 min
Apr 18, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle25 min
Apr 18, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock67 min
Apr 19, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby45 min
Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry59 min
Apr 19, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn57 min
Apr 19, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens64 min
Apr 19, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley36 min
Apr 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing31 min
Apr 19, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby44 min
Apr 19, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing25 min
Apr 19, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle37 min
Apr 19, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby28 min
Apr 19, 1:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens41 min
Apr 19, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle14 min
Apr 19, 1:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle65 min
Apr 19, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza38 min
Apr 19, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress32 min
Apr 19, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby29 min
Apr 19, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens53 min
Apr 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza60 min
Apr 19, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley22 min
Apr 19, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King46 min
Apr 19, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent45 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.