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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 32 min |
| May 29, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 43 min |
| May 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 45 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.