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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 23, 2007Bailey County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT for Bailey 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 23, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bailey County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 240430
TORLUB
TXC017-240500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0009.070324T0429Z-070324T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1129 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1127 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 NEAR MAPLE...OR ABOUT 6   
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE                 
  ENOCHS...MULESHOE WILDLIFE REFUGE....MAPLE...NEEDMORE AND BULA.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

LAT...LON 3383 10296 3384 10262 3410 10261 3394 10299

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 240442
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1138 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC017-240500-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070324T0500Z/
BAILEY TX-
1138 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHERN BAILEY COUNTY...

AT 1120 PM CDT...LEVELLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON IN NORTHERN 
COCHRAN COUNTY.

ALSO AT 1135 PM CDT...LEVELLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RELAYED A SECOND 
REPORT OF A TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF ENOCHS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MULESHOE WILDLIFE 
REFUGE...NEEDMORE...ENOCHS AND BULA.

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

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 3383 10296 3384 10262 3410 10261 3394 10299

$$

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, 9:05 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, 11:44 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.