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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 4, 2003Yoakum County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2003, 11:36 PM CDT for Yoakum County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 4, 2003, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1942 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 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 050436
TORLBB
TXC501-050515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1134 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 17 MILES NORTH OF
  PLAINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A
  TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN YOAKUM COUNTY...

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS 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 3338 10260 3337 10296 3312 10277 3312 10260

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey63 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey60 min
Jun 4, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher42 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBSwisher3 hr
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale63 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCastro113 min
Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd58 min
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale3 hr
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey23 min
Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe62 min
Jun 4, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran61 min
Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock54 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey28 min
Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby62 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd45 min
Jun 4, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd116 min
Jun 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley63 min
Jun 4, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens60 min
Jun 4, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran44 min
Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby45 min
Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza59 min
Jun 4, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens23 min
Jun 5, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBTerry41 min
Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent55 min
Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens30 min
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent30 min
Jun 5, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall58 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher48 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.