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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 9, 2005Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 9:55 PM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2005, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDTTORNADO10 N Dickens, TXTORNADO/FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHING DOWN THEN LIFTING REPEATEDLY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM 70 AND 193.
Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 N Mcadoo, TXHAIL WAS BIGGER THAN GOLFBALL
Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 W Dickens, TXLOTS OF GOLFBALL HAIL 10 TO 11 PM
Jun 9, 10:54 PM CDTHAIL 1Dickens, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1214 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 100256
TORLUB
TXC125-100345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0052.050610T0255Z-050610T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
955 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 953 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 MCADOO...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MCADOO...AFTON
  AND DICKENS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.

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

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. IF NO
SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT 
PROVIDED THAT LOCATION IS NOT FLOODED.

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

LAT...LON 3383 10104 3361 10105 3357 10075 3384 10068

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 100315
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1013 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

TXC125-100345-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050610T0345Z/
DICKENS TX-
1013 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR DICKENS
COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL AND LARGER SIZE HAIL 
5 MILES NORTH OF MCADOO.

AT 1012 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 WEST OF 
DICKENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MCADOO...AFTON 
AND DICKENS.

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

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. IF NO
SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT
PROVIDED THAT LOCATION IS NOT FLOODED.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3383 10104 3361 10105 3357 10075 3384 10068

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe53 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale17 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher36 min
Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd35 min
Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock31 min
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
Jun 9, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale53 min
Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd51 min
Jun 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby58 min
Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd3 hr
Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby23 min
Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe45 min
Jun 9, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd29 min
Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby49 min
Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall56 min
Jun 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd66 min
Jun 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley66 min
Jun 9, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby59 min
Jun 9, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress52 min
Jun 9, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley59 min
Jun 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing64 min
Jun 9, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle56 min
Jun 9, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens40 min
Jun 10, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Swisher43 min
Jun 10, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe49 min
Jun 10, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher55 min
Jun 10, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe31 min
Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall48 min
Jun 10, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.