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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 29, 2006Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 292236
TORLUB
TXC305-292300-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0013.060529T2233Z-060529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
533 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A WEAK LANDSPOUT TORNADO 
  JUST EAST OF TAHOKA. MOVEMENT OF THE LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS UNKNOWN...
  THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDSPOUT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE TAHOKA AND GRASSLAND.

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 3315 10179 3307 10175 3312 10157 3331 10162
      3323 10176

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 292257
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
554 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

TXC305-292304-
/O.EXP.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060529T2300Z/
LYNN TX-
554 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LYNN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 380 NORTH OF GRASSLAND.
LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE. NO ADDITIONAL 
REPORTS OF LANDSPOUT TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3315 10179 3307 10175 3312 10157 3331 10162
      3323 10176

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock32 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza43 min
May 29, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby45 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.