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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 23, 2007Bailey County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 9:05 PM CDT for Bailey County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 23, 2007, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bailey County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 240205
TORLUB
TXC017-240300-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0004.070324T0205Z-070324T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST
  DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF WEST
  CAMP...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST CAMP AND
  PROGRESS.

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 3430 10303 3393 10303 3405 10274 3430 10279

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 240215
SVSLUB

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

TXC017-240300-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0300Z/
BAILEY TX-
915 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY...

AT 912 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 NEAR WEST 
CAMP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST CAMP.

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

LAT...LON 3430 10303 3393 10303 3405 10274 3430 10279

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 240235
SVSLUB

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

TXC017-240245-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0300Z/
BAILEY TX-
935 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY IS CANCELED...

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS. IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING 
WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3430 10303 3393 10303 3405 10274 3430 10279

$$

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, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer33 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

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.