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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT for Cottle County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cottle County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 5237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098
WFUS54 KLUB 150452
TORLUB
TXC101-345-150515-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.120415T0452Z-120415T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1152 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
WESTERN COTTLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1148 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 23 MILES WEST OF
PADUCAH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATADOR...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PADUCAH.
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 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3383 10065 3384 10071 3397 10080 3422 10038
3398 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 240DEG 47KT 3395 10064
$$2 follow-up statements
131 WWUS54 KLUB 150502 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1202 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXC101-345-150515- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120415T0515Z/ MOTLEY TX-COTTLE TX- 1202 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN COTTLE AND SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELWIN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PADUCAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290. && LAT...LON 3383 10065 3404 10068 3422 10038 3398 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 242DEG 45KT 3400 10051 $$
653 WWUS54 KLUB 150511 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1211 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXC345-150521- /O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120415T0515Z/ MOTLEY TX- 1211 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MOTLEY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3387 10052 3414 10052 3422 10038 3398 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 243DEG 42KT 3405 10041 $$ TXC101-150515- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120415T0515Z/ COTTLE TX- 1211 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN COTTLE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PADUCAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290. && LAT...LON 3387 10052 3414 10052 3422 10038 3398 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 243DEG 42KT 3405 10041 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 67 min |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Hall | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent, King, Stonewall | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 8:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.