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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 2005Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 31, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 31, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2005-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 2005-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 312349
TORLUB
TXC279-010045-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0041.050531T2349Z-050601T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST
  DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTH OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SPADE...
  FIELDTON...LITTLEFIELD AND AMHERST.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3415 10247 3404 10250 3385 10244 3386 10211
      3415 10210

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 010000
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
659 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXC279-010045-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050601T0045Z/
LAMB TX-
659 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR LAMB COUNTY...

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 653 PM 3 MILES NORTH OF LITTLEFIELD BY TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTERS.

AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LITTLEFIELD...
FIELDTON AND SPADE.

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 3415 10247 3404 10250 3385 10244 3386 10211
      3415 10210

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 010019
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
719 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXC279-010045-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050601T0045Z/
LAMB TX-
719 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR LAMB COUNTY...

AT 715 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPADE...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3415 10247 3404 10250 3385 10244 3386 10211
      3415 10210

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran65 min
May 31, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley61 min
May 31, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey67 min
May 31, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
May 31, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn53 min
May 31, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock57 min
May 31, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn57 min
May 31, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb52 min
May 31, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley59 min
May 31, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn35 min
May 31, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock47 min
May 31, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro59 min
May 31, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer67 min
May 31, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher64 min
May 31, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBSwisher53 min
May 31, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro60 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 31, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb59 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher66 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro45 min
May 31, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley40 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd56 min
May 31, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale67 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb60 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley61 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.