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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 8:52 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 9, 2005, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crosby County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLUB 100153 TORLUB TXC107-100215- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0049.050610T0152Z-050610T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 852 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 851 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 207 NEAR THE FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO IS MOVING EAST AT 10 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. THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. LAT...LON 3368 10106 3368 10136 3383 10137 3383 10106 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLUB 100210 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 909 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TXC107-100215- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050610T0215Z/ CROSBY TX- 909 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CROSBY COUNTY... AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTY LINE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF CONE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CROSBY COUNTY. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. ANY TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW LAT...LON 3368 10106 3368 10136 3383 10137 3383 10106 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 17 min |
| Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Floyd | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 55 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.