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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 9:31 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Ese Woodrow, TX | LOST WINDSHIELD TO BASEBALLHAIL JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 87 ON 41. |
| Apr 29, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Se Woodrow, TX | |
| Apr 29, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 E Slide, TX | SEVERE HAIL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES AND AUTOMOBILES ALONG FM 41 WEST OF US 87 |
| Apr 29, 9:38 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 7 E New Home, TX | WINDSHIELD DESTROYED |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
772 WFUS54 KLUB 300215 TORLUB TXC303-305-300245- /O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0005.120430T0215Z-120430T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 915 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. NORTHERN LYNN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 913 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 SLIDE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF SLATON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SLATON...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 3350 10162 3325 10169 3335 10204 3352 10199 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 284DEG 13KT 3341 10191 $$
2 follow-up statements
917 WWUS54 KLUB 300227 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 927 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 TXC303-305-300245- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120430T0245Z/ LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX- 927 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LYNN AND SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SLIDE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SLATON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT 120TH STREET AND MILWAUKEE AVENUE IN LUBBOCK AT 922 PM CDT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLATON...WOODROW AND WILSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290. && LAT...LON 3350 10162 3325 10169 3335 10204 3352 10199 TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 284DEG 13KT 3340 10186 $$
312 WWUS54 KLUB 300237 SVSLUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 937 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 TXC303-305-300245- /O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120430T0245Z/ LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX- 937 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LYNN AND SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SLIDE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SLATON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT 935 PM CDT A STORM CHASER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ON FM 41 6 MILES WEST OF SLATON. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLATON AND WILSON. 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 3350 10162 3325 10169 3335 10204 3352 10199 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 306DEG 10KT 3338 10186 $$
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, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 37 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, 9:43 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.