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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 14, 2009Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2009, 5:12 PM CDT for Motley 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: Jun 14, 2009, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 14, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Matador, TX
Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Matador, TX

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLUB 142212
TORLUB
TXC345-142245-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0042.090614T2212Z-090614T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
512 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 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 WEST OF MATADOR...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3385 10087 3392 10105 3411 10105 3414 10058
      3385 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 269DEG 15KT 3402 10095

$$

GS/JDV

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KLUB 142222
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
522 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXC345-142245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090614T2245Z/
MOTLEY TX-
522 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOTLEY COUNTY...

AT 521 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 MATADOR...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROARING SPRINGS
AND MATADOR.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3385 10087 3396 10097 3404 10096 3411 10086
      3414 10058 3385 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 274DEG 18KT 3400 10084

$$

GS/JDV

000 
WWUS54 KLUB 142232
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXC345-142245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090614T2245Z/
MOTLEY TX-
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MOTLEY COUNTY...

AT 531 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 MATADOR...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MATADOR.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3391 10085 3397 10090 3404 10088 3405 10084
      3408 10058 3385 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 282DEG 14KT 3398 10079

$$

GS/JDV

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
233 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

.SHORT TERM...
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S FOR
MOST LOCATIONS. MOISTURE HAS BEGUN TO MIX OUT...WITH DEWPOINTS
DROPPING INTO THE 40S ACROSS THE WESTERN ROW OF COUNTIES AS OF 19Z.
STILL...LATEST MESOANALYSIS INDICATES MODERATE INSTABILITY /MLCAPE
OF 1500 J/KG/ ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ZONES...AND WHEN
COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR...IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO
SUPPORT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM. EXPECT CURRENT HIGH BASED ACTIVITY DEVELOPING
NEAR THE TX/NM STATE LINE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD BRINGING A
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A
COMPLEX THAT COULD CLIP THE NORTHEAST ZONES LATER TONIGHT AS 40+ KT
LLJ DEVELOPS.

MONDAY WILL BRING AN EVEN HOTTER DAY...WITH MOST LOCATION
APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING THE 100 DEGREE MARK. THE DRYLINE IS
EXPECTED TO SETUP NEAR THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK BY MID/LATE
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES/CAP WILL INCREASE 1 TO 2
DEGREES C...HOTTER SFC TEMPERATURE COULD BE ENOUGH TO POP AN
ISOLATED STORM OR TWO. AGAIN...ENVIRONMENT WOULD SUPPORT A HAIL/WIND
THREAT IF ANY STORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP.

&&

.LONG TERM...
UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE SRN PLAINS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER SOME ON THE DETAILS OF LOCATION AND
STRENGTH...BUT IT APPEARS THAT IT POSITION AND STRENGTH WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SHUTTING OFF PRECIP CHANCES. TUESDAY WILL SEE THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ALONG A SFC TROUGH ACROSS THE
NWRN ZONES...BUT CONTINUE TO THINK THIS IS UNLIKELY GIVEN PROGGED
700 MB TEMPS PUSHING 16C...AND WILL LEAVE POPS BELOW MENTION. POP
CHANCES DETERIORATE FURTHER UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK. MODELS HAVE
BEEN CONSISTENT THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS IN BRINGING A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE CNTL PLAINS THU/FRI WITH
A COLD FRONT PROGGED INTO THE FCST AREA FOR FRIDAY. PROGGED 700 MB
TEMPS ATTM STILL AROUND 14C...SO PRECIP CHANCES STILL LOOK IFFY.
WILL KEEP MENTION OUT OF THE FCST ATTM BUT THAT COULD BE THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR PRECIP BEYOND MONDAY. UPPER RIDGE WILL FAVOR HOT TEMPS
WITH PLENTY OF HIGHS AOA 100F BEFORE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA        61  95  60  97  64 /  30  10  10  10  10
TULIA         62  96  61  95  65 /  40  10  10  10  10
PLAINVIEW     62  98  62  95  65 /  40  20  20  10  10
LEVELLAND     64 100  64 101  65 /  40  10  10  10  10
LUBBOCK       66 100  67 100  67 /  40  20  20  10  10
DENVER CITY   68 102  67 100  66 /  40  10  10  10  10
BROWNFIELD    67 102  66 101  65 /  40  10  10  10  10
CHILDRESS     66 101  71 100  73 /  40  20  20  10  10
SPUR          66 102  69  98  66 /  30  20  20  10  10
ASPERMONT     71 101  74 102  74 /  30  20  20  10  10

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

23/07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1127 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ021>044-151630-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1127 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK
AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND
STRUCTURE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF
THE AREA...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 60 MPH.

A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS EVENING AND AFFECT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...THERE WOULD EXIST A GREATER RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH
AND HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
326 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ027-142100-
BAILEY TX-
326 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BAILEY COUNTY...

AT 324 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3431 10264 3424 10261 3411 10261 3398 10285
      3413 10296 3429 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 243DEG 29KT 3411 10280

JW

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
351 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ030-142115-
FLOYD TX-
351 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FLOYD COUNTY...

AT 350 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF FLOYDADA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3422 10138 3402 10117 3386 10155 3405 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 229DEG 17KT 3398 10152

JW

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
410 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0409 PM     HAIL             EARTH                   34.23N 102.41W
06/14/2009  E0.88 INCH       LAMB               TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00579

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0432 PM     HAIL             6 N FLOYDADA            34.07N 101.34W
06/14/2009  E1.00 INCH       FLOYD              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00580

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:03 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
503 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     HAIL             3 NE SILVERTON          34.50N 101.27W
06/14/2009  E1.75 INCH       BRISCOE            TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00582

ELLIS

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:09 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
509 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ021-022-028-142245-
PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-LAMB TX-
509 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LAMB...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES...

AT 509 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARTH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
EAST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3443 10220 3419 10243 3426 10261 3431 10261
      3453 10250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 209DEG 29KT 3427 10250

JW/RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley, Lynn, Terry	47 min
Jun 13, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hockley, Lubbock	39 min
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer	44 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Lamb	30 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley	60 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	48 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley	52 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Motley	50 min
Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Hall	43 min
Jun 14, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Motley	36 min
Jun 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	50 min
Jun 14, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Terry, Yoakum	46 min
Jun 14, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle	52 min
Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum	47 min
Jun 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	61 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.