Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2007, 1:21 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 8 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
- Apr 17, 2007, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Shallowater, TX | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF AN INTERMITTENT TORNADO BETWEEN ROUNDUP AND SHALLOWATER. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. EVENT DURATION 125-135PM. |
| Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lubbock, TX | PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK. MULTIPLE REPORTS. EVENT DURATION 140-150PM. |
| Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Slaton, TX | A TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN OPEN FIELDS BY A LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA AFFILIATE. EVENT DURATION 140-150PM. |
| Apr 17, 1:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Idalou, TX | IDALOU FD REPORTED PING-PONG SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 17, 2:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lubbock, TX | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR UNIVERSITY AND KENT...AND NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 84 AND QUAKER IN LUBBOCK. A WALL PANEL WAS BLOWN OFF OF A LARGE MEDAL BUILDING AND TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN. EVENT DURATION 200-203PM. |
| Apr 17, 2:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lubbock, TX | LANDSPOUT TORNADO RESULTING IN SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN AT N. UNIVERSITY AND KENT |
| Apr 17, 2:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ese Lubbock Int. Airp, TX | TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED A 50 YARD WIDE TORNADO IN OPEN FIELDS JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 62/82 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1729. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. EVENT DURATION 203-204PM. |
| Apr 17, 2:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lubbock, TX | DPS REPORTED LANDSPOUT TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF 62/82...SE OF LUBBOCK AIRPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLUB 171821 SVRLUB TXC303-171900- /O.NEW.KLUB.SV.W.0049.070417T1821Z-070417T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 121 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF SLATON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LUBBOCK SOUTH PLAINS MALL...SHALLOWATER...RANSOM CANYON...WOODROW...LUBBOCK INT. AIRPORT...LUBBOCK...DOWNTOWN LUBBOCK...TEXAS TECH UNIV. AND IDALOU. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. LAT...LON 3383 10207 3340 10207 3340 10158 3381 10162 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLUB 171826 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 125 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXC303-171900- /O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070417T1900Z/ LUBBOCK TX- 125 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 84. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3383 10207 3340 10207 3340 10158 3381 10162 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 34 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.