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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 12, 2005Floyd County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2005, 6:43 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2005, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Floyd County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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
May 12, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 12, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 122344
TORLUB
TXC153-130015-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0013.050512T2343Z-050513T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
643 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER   
  NORTH CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH      
  PLAINS OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   QUITAQUE...MOVING          
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3423 10105 3423 10110 3422 10112 3420 10121
      3422 10121 3429 10130 3430 10130 3430 10105

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale62 min
May 12, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale35 min
May 12, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd42 min
May 12, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher53 min
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale15 min
May 12, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd29 min
May 12, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 12, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb40 min
May 12, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale59 min
May 12, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd38 min
May 12, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd47 min
May 12, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale45 min
May 12, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb27 min
May 12, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher55 min
May 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe63 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe115 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro55 min
May 12, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale30 min
May 12, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBSwisher113 min
May 12, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn50 min
May 12, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher44 min
May 12, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd31 min
May 12, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe61 min
May 12, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock58 min
May 12, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 12, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale61 min
May 12, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd26 min
May 12, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall44 min
May 12, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe52 min
May 12, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock, Lynn63 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.