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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 3, 2003Bailey County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT for Bailey County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 3, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bailey County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 919 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 040034
TORLBB
TXC017-040115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
733 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PROGRESS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
  TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  PROGRESS AND WEST CAMP...
  MULESHOE...

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 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3430 10301 3413 10301 3403 10261 3429 10264

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer24 min
Jun 3, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry51 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer44 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey44 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer46 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb42 min
Jun 3, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley59 min
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry52 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.