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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 8, 2008Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 8, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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
Jun 8, 9:15 PM CDTTORNADO8 Nnw Turkey, TXRELAYED BY QUITAQUE FIRE DEPT...TORNADO AT 0915 PM
Jun 8, 9:48 PM CDTHAIL 2.7518 Wnw Estelline, TX

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

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2008-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 090216
TORLUB
TXC045-191-090245-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.080609T0215Z-080609T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
915 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.
  WESTERN HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...MEDIA STORM CHASERS REPORTED A FUNNEL NEAR THE     
  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 256 AND 70 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURKEY.  
  BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS MOVING MOVING 
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRICE.

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 3474 10094 3474 10055 3439 10068 3442 10095
      3448 10105 3461 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 263DEG 18KT 3452 10093

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 090229
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

TXC045-191-090245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080609T0245Z/
BRISCOE TX-HALL TX-
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
HALL AND NORTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM CDT...THE QUITAQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A 
BRIEF TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTH OR TURKEY. THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES 
NORTH OF TURKEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

ADDITIONAL TORNADOES MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW THIS 
STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE 
OF BASEBALLS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL 
SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3474 10094 3474 10055 3439 10068 3442 10095
      3448 10105 3461 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 263DEG 18KT 3453 10085

$$
000 
WWUS54 KLUB 090241 RRA
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
940 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

TXC045-090250-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080609T0245Z/
BRISCOE TX-
940 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTY IS CANCELED...

LAT...LON 3447 10065 3448 10084 3474 10090 3474 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 263DEG 18KT 3454 10078

$$

TXC191-090245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080609T0245Z/
HALL TX-
940 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HALL COUNTY...

AT 939 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 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LAKEVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKEVIEW.

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

LAT...LON 3447 10065 3448 10084 3474 10090 3474 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 263DEG 18KT 3454 10078

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher61 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum61 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb31 min
Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall62 min
Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher27 min
Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall33 min
Jun 8, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum45 min
Jun 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall46 min
Jun 8, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress38 min
Jun 8, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher28 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer, Yoakum37 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.