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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2007, 4:59 PM CDT for Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 25, 2007, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 252201 TORLUB TXC437-252230- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0013.070325T2159Z-070325T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 459 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN SWISHER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 455 PM CDT...THE TULIA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF INTERSTATE 27...APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES WEST OF TULIA. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS MORNING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN SWISHER 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 3444 10198 3446 10181 3464 10179 3467 10199 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KLUB 252205 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 TXC437-252230- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070325T2230Z/ SWISHER TX- 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SWISHER COUNTY... AT 500 PM CDT...TULIA PD REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF TULIA MOVING EAST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM 9 MILES WEST OF TULIA MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS WEST OF TULIA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. LAT...LON 3444 10198 3446 10181 3464 10179 3467 10199 $$
000 WWUS54 KLUB 252214 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 513 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 TXC437-252230- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070325T2230Z/ SWISHER TX- 513 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SWISHER COUNTY... AT 510 PM CDT...TULIA PD HAD REPORTED THE TORNADO HAD LIFTED. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM TEN MILES WEST OF TULIA. ADDITIONAL TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3444 10198 3446 10181 3464 10179 3467 10199 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 29 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.