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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Nnw Turkey, TX | RELAYED BY QUITAQUE FIRE DEPT...TORNADO AT 0915 PM |
| Jun 8, 9:48 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 18 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry, Yoakum | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry, Yoakum | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer, Yoakum | 37 hr |
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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.