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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- May 25, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Castro County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Dimmitt, TX | |
| May 25, 8:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Dimmitt, TX | SEPARATE BRIEF TORNADO |
| May 25, 8:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Dimmitt, TX | BRIEF TORNADO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2015 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WFUS54 KLUB 260051 TORLUB TXC069-260130- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0013.100526T0051Z-100526T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CASTRO COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 747 PM CDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WEST OF DIMMITT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DIMMITT. 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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3468 10201 3451 10200 3454 10240 3459 10240 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 268DEG 8KT 3457 10235 $$
3 follow-up statements
453 WWUS54 KLUB 260056 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 756 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 TXC069-260130- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100526T0130Z/ CASTRO TX- 756 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CASTRO COUNTY... AT 752 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN 2 MILES WEST OF DIMMITT. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NAZARETH AND DIMMITT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3455 10238 3460 10238 3468 10201 3451 10200 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 270DEG 12KT 3457 10226 $$
144 WWUS54 KLUB 260104 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 804 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 TXC069-260130- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100526T0130Z/ CASTRO TX- 804 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CASTRO COUNTY... AT 802 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NAZARETH AND DIMMITT. 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 IN LUBBOCK AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3455 10232 3460 10232 3468 10201 3453 10201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 268DEG 12KT 3458 10229 $$
204 WWUS54 KLUB 260117 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 817 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 TXC069-260130- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100526T0130Z/ CASTRO TX- 817 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN CASTRO COUNTY... AT 814 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIMMITT. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CASTRO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CASTRO COUNTY. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3458 10230 3460 10230 3468 10201 3458 10201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 256DEG 12KT 3461 10226 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 31 min |
| May 26, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Yoakum | 42 min |
| May 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.