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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 25, 2007Swisher County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 12:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock24 min
Mar 25, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock29 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.