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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 23, 2007Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 8:57 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
Mar 23, 2007, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 23, 9:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Lariat, TX
Mar 23, 9:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBovina, TXGARAGE DESTROYED TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF BOVINA. RADAR DATA INDICATED A TIGHT ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1541 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 240159
TORLUB
TXC369-240230-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.070324T0157Z-070324T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
857 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PARMER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE PRIMARY    
  THREAT WITH THIS STORM WILL BE STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER...A BRIEF     
  TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS    
  LOCATED NEAR FARWELL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF              
  MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FARWELL AND     
  BOVINA.

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 3432 10303 3432 10291 3448 10276 3466 10302

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 240211
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
910 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC369-240230-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070324T0230Z/
PARMER TX-
910 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PARMER COUNTY...

AT 907 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST 
PARMER COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF FARWELL. THE MOST DANGEROUS 
PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FARWELL AND 
BOVINA.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3432 10303 3432 10291 3448 10276 3466 10302

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 240221
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
920 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC369-240230-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070324T0230Z/
PARMER TX-
920 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PARMER COUNTY...

AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE 
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST CAMP AND 
FARWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...RADAR WAS 
INDICATING ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF FARWELL.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FARWELL...BOVINA 
AND HIGHWAY 60.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3432 10303 3432 10291 3448 10276 3466 10302

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey62 min
Mar 23, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer25 min
Mar 23, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey30 min
Mar 23, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer66 min
Mar 23, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey57 min
Mar 23, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Parmer3 hr
Mar 23, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer30 min
Mar 23, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Yoakum58 min
Mar 23, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro39 min
Mar 23, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran35 min
Mar 23, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey31 min
Mar 23, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley, Lamb46 min
Mar 23, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran28 min
Mar 24, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb18 min
Mar 24, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Swisher36 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.