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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 75 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 20, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLUB 202348 TORLUB TXC191-210100- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.050420T2345Z-050421T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 645 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 644 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURKEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE RURAL AREAS OF HALL COUNTY. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. LAT...LON 3463 10087 3443 10088 3438 10043 3465 10043 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KLUB 202357 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 656 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005 TXC191-210100- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050421T0100Z/ HALL TX- 656 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HALL COUNTY... A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 655 PM BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ON THE GROUND 4 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 86 OR NEAR TAMPICO. BASEBALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURKEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER,PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. LAT...LON 3463 10087 3443 10088 3438 10043 3465 10043 $$
000
WWUS54 KLUB 210023
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
721 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005
TXC191-210100-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050421T0100Z/
HALL TX-
721 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HALL COUNTY...
AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESTELLINE...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
AND WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
86 IN HALL COUNTY. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER,PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.
LAT...LON 3467 10069 3456 10082 3434 10077 3432 10043
3465 10044
$$000
WWUS54 KLUB 210046
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
745 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005
TXC191-210100-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050421T0100Z/
HALL TX-
745 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HALL COUNTY...
AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ESTELLINE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL CONTINUE
OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF A TORNADO HAS DECREASED.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER,PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.
LAT...LON 3467 10069 3452 10069 3432 10053 3432 10043
3460 10043
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 37 min |
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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.