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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 19, 2011Crosby County, Floyd County, Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2011, 7:01 PM CDT for Crosby County, Floyd County, Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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: Mar 19, 2011, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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
Mar 19, 7:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Ne Abernathy, TX	FUNNEL CLOUD THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY TO GROUND... BRIEF DUST WHIRL REPORTED ON THE GROUND. CONFIRMED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES.

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
Mar 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 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.

359 
WFUS54 KLUB 200001
TORLUB
TXC107-153-189-200030-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0001.110320T0001Z-110320T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
  NORTHWESTERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 10
  MILES WEST OF PETERSBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ABERNATHY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 8067451290.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3380 10141 3382 10156 3383 10157 3383 10166
      3385 10182 3394 10181 3405 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 260DEG 18KT 3390 10174

$$

JORDAN

1 follow-up statement

178 
WWUS54 KLUB 200019
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
719 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011

TXC107-200027-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110320T0030Z/
CROSBY TX-
719 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CROSBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WILL STAY NORTH OF 
CROSBY COUNTY.  TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT 
SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3384 10142 3386 10164 3387 10170 3397 10168
      3405 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 260DEG 18KT 3391 10164

$$

TXC153-189-200030-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110320T0030Z/
FLOYD TX-HALE TX-
719 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HALE AND SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTIES...

AT 714 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS REDEVELOPING A NEW WALL CLOUD.  THE MOST 
DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
PETERSBURG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERNATHY...MOVING EAST  
AT 20 MPH.

THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF PETERSBURG. 
AND IS HEADING TOWARDS FLOYDADA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290.

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

LAT...LON 3384 10142 3386 10164 3387 10170 3397 10168
      3405 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 260DEG 18KT 3391 10164

$$

JORDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley	38 min
Mar 19, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	47 min
Mar 19, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	62 min
Mar 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	57 min
Mar 19, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher	66 min
Mar 19, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Lubbock	64 min
Mar 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher	21 min
Mar 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	61 min
Mar 19, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock	54 min
Mar 19, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock	61 min
Mar 19, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Floyd, Hale	54 min
Mar 20, 7:43 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher	23 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.