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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 12, 2005Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 12, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hale County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 12, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 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 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 122215
TORLUB
TXC189-122245-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0009.050512T2215Z-050512T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
515 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR PLAINVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL AREAS 
NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW.

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 3430 10157 3417 10157 3413 10175 3425 10180
      3427 10182 3429 10182 3430 10179 3431 10157

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 122223
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
523 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

TXC189-122245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050512T2245Z/
HALE TX-
523 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR HALE COUNTY...

AT 522 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SETH WARD...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE
REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3430 10157 3417 10157 3413 10175 3425 10180
      3427 10182 3429 10182 3430 10179 3431 10157

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale62 min
May 12, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale35 min
May 12, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd42 min
May 12, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher53 min
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale15 min
May 12, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd29 min
May 12, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe60 min
May 12, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb40 min
May 12, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale59 min
May 12, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd38 min
May 12, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd47 min
May 12, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale45 min
May 12, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb27 min
May 12, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher55 min
May 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe63 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe115 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro55 min
May 12, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBSwisher113 min
May 12, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn50 min
May 12, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher44 min
May 12, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd31 min
May 12, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe61 min
May 12, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock58 min
May 12, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 12, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale61 min
May 12, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd26 min
May 12, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall44 min
May 12, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe52 min
May 12, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd32 min
May 12, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock, Lynn63 min

Nearby

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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.