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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 N Dickens, TX | TORNADO/FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHING DOWN THEN LIFTING REPEATEDLY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM 70 AND 193. |
| Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Mcadoo, TX | HAIL WAS BIGGER THAN GOLFBALL |
| Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 W Dickens, TX | LOTS OF GOLFBALL HAIL 10 TO 11 PM |
| Jun 9, 10:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dickens, 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 23 min |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.