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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2012, 8:38 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 7 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
- Apr 29, 2012, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Sw Wolfforth, TX | |
| Apr 29, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 7 Sw Lubbock, TX | REPORTED AT 93RD AND MILWAYKEE. |
| Apr 29, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 8 Sw Lubbock, TX | SPOTTER REPORT AT 93RD AND MILWAUKEE |
| Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Wolfforth, TX | TREES UPROOTED AND ROOF OFF OF A HOME. MOBILE HOME ALSO LOST ROOF. ESTIMATED WINDS 80-90 MPH. |
| Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 85 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | RECORDED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION. |
| Apr 29, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 95 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | OBSERVED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET SITE. |
| Apr 29, 9:12 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 W Woodrow, TX | 154TH AND INDIANA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
078 WFUS54 KLUB 300138 TORLUB TXC303-300215- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0004.120430T0138Z-120430T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 838 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 836 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 NEAR WOLFFORTH...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LUBBOCK SOUTH PLAINS MALL...WOLFFORTH...SLIDE AND WOODROW. 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 SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3339 10208 3355 10208 3360 10169 3339 10168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 267DEG 20KT 3346 10204 $$
2 follow-up statements
605 WWUS54 KLUB 300150 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 850 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 TXC303-300215- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120430T0215Z/ LUBBOCK TX- 850 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLFFORTH... OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLIDE AND WOODROW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290. && LAT...LON 3339 10208 3355 10208 3360 10169 3339 10168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 323DEG 8KT 3342 10204 $$
240 WWUS54 KLUB 300200 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 900 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 TXC303-300215- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120430T0215Z/ LUBBOCK TX- 900 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WOLFFORTH...OR 22 MILES WEST OF SLATON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IN 850 PM CDT...AN 80 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET SITE 6 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WOLFFORTH. AT 856 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 41 AND FM 179 SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF WOLFFORTH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLIDE AND WOODROW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290. && LAT...LON 3339 10208 3355 10208 3360 10169 3339 10168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 295DEG 8KT 3343 10201 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cochran | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 13 min |
| Apr 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Swisher | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Lamb | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 104 min |
| Apr 30, 1:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Kent | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 46 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.