Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2005, 3:50 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2005, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 12, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 330 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 .SHORT TERM... SCATTERED SEVERE CONVECTION EXPECTED TO PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HEATING ALONG BOUNDARY OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND CAPE RESULT VERY STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IF STORMS CROSS BOUNDARY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIGHER LOW LEVEL SHEAR/HELICITY ENVIRONMENT. OTHERWISE...THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST WITH VIGOROUS ROTATING UPDRAFTS. LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS INTO SE PANHANDLE TOWARD MIDNIGHT WITH STRONG SURFACE TO 850 MB MOISTURE ADVECTION. MODELS DEVELOP MESOSCALE SYSTEM IN THE CHILDRESS AREA TOWARD THE RED RIVER. AN EASTWARD PROPAGATION SEEMS LIKELY WITH HEAVY RAIN THREAT. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WHERE BOUNDARY AND REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL END UP WILL BE OF IMPORTANCE AND DICTATE MESOSCALE FORCING FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...DRYLINE WILL LIKELY MOVE FARTHER EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS WITH BETTER CHANCE POPS AND SEVERE THREAT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ACTIVITY APPEARS IT WILL SHIFT SOUTH WITH BOUNDARY WITH SHOWERS/THUNDER MOVING INTO EAST AND SOUTH ZONES LATE...THUS KEPT POPS HIGHER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. .LONG TERM...RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BUILD TO OUR WEST WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY MAINLY SOUTH AS COOL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES ON SATURDAY. DRIER PATTERN MAY BE SHORT LIVED AS SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST TO CROSS RIDGE AND GENERATE SHOWERS WEST MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW. GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH PRECIPITATION...BUT A LITTLE EARLY TO SPECULATE ON PATTERN BEYOND 72 HOURS. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE EAST BY MONDAY...WITH IMPRESSIVE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDING NORTH FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO TEXAS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH HOT AND DRY WEATHER LOOKING MORE LIKELY WITH SOME CONSISTENCY AMONG MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 54 80 49 72 / 40 20 20 20 TULIA 56 83 50 74 / 40 40 30 20 PLAINVIEW 61 84 51 75 / 40 30 30 20 LEVELLAND 61 86 51 75 / 40 30 30 20 LUBBOCK 62 85 52 75 / 40 30 40 20 BROWNFIELD 62 88 52 76 / 40 30 40 30 CHILDRESS 65 82 54 76 / 60 40 40 20 SPUR 66 86 54 76 / 40 40 40 20 ASPERMONT 67 85 59 76 / 30 40 40 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 06
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 TXZ021>044-131630- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 1130 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...AND ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORTON...TO FLOYDADA...TO PADUCAH. THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS TODAY. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE STATIONARY OR MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. THIS FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE LIFT NECESSARY FOR THUNDERSTORM FORMATION. SOUTH OF THE FRONT... THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MORE DEPENDANT ON SURFACE HEATING. CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY ERODE DURING THE DAY LEADING TO SUFFICIENT SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. MODERATE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...ENHANCED SHEAR ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO A THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. TONIGHT...A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MAY FORM OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROLLING PLAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS COMPLEX WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE CONVECTION MAY OCCUR AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THE EXTENT OF THE THREAT AREA WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONVECTION AND COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 2:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
221 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL PLAINVIEW 34.19N 101.72W
05/12/2005 1.75 INCH HALE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EOC...EASTERN CITY LIMITS
POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED.
&&
JAMESLocal storm report, May 12, 2:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, May 12, 2:55 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 255 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>036-039>041-122030- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-COCHRAN-CROSBY-FLOYD-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-LAMB- LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 255 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE...HALL...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE... FLOYD...MOTLEY...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM... TERRY AND LYNN. THIS WATCH WILL BE REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR THIS TORNADO WATCH.
Special weather statement, May 12, 2:58 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 258 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 TXZ021>037-039>041-130300- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY- YOAKUM- 258 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE...HALL...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE... FLOYD...MOTLEY...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM... TERRY...LYNN...CHILDRESS...COTTLE AND DICKENS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 12, 3:13 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
313 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TORNADO 1 S PLAINVIEW 34.18N 101.72W
05/12/2005 HALE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED SOUTH OF PLAINVIEW AIRPORT.
0220 PM TORNADO 3 SE PLAINVIEW 34.16N 101.69W
05/12/2005 HALE TX STORM CHASER
TORNADO LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE PLAINVIEW
AIRPORT.
&&
GSSpecial weather statement, May 12, 3:25 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 TXZ021>037-039>041-130300- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY- YOAKUM- 325 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE...HALL...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE... FLOYD...MOTLEY...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM... TERRY...LYNN...CHILDRESS...COTTLE AND DICKENS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 62 min |
| May 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 35 min |
| May 12, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 42 min |
| May 12, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 53 min |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 15 min |
| May 12, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 29 min |
| May 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 60 min |
| May 12, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 59 min |
| May 12, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 38 min |
| May 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd | 47 min |
| May 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 45 min |
| May 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 27 min |
| May 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 55 min |
| May 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 63 min |
| May 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 115 min |
| May 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 55 min |
| May 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 30 min |
| May 12, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Swisher | 113 min |
| May 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 50 min |
| May 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 44 min |
| May 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 58 min |
| May 12, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 47 min |
| May 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 26 min |
| May 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 52 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 32 min |
| May 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock, Lynn | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.