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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 30, 2012Cottle County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT for Cottle County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
May 30, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cottle County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 5910 Sw Paducah, TXWEST TEXAS MESONET STATION
May 30, 7:18 PM CDTTORNADO8 Wsw Paducah, TXBRIEF TORNADO DEVELOPED AND DISSIPATED JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 62
May 30, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 2.755 W Paducah, TX
May 30, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 2.756 Sw Paducah, TX
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 7510 Sw Paducah, TXWEST TEXAS MESONET STATION
May 30, 7:32 PM CDTHAIL 2.7510 S Paducah, TX
May 30, 7:40 PM CDTHAIL 4.510 S Paducah, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

991 
WFUS54 KLUB 302358
TORLUB
TXC101-345-310030-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0009.120530T2358Z-120531T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
658 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 655 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 13 MILES WEST OF
  PADUCAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PADUCAH...
  HACKBERRY AND DELWIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 10054 3383 10056 3409 10064 3417 10052
      3390 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 317DEG 25KT 3406 10051

$$

MEADOWS
1 follow-up statement
466 
WWUS54 KLUB 310015
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
715 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

TXC101-345-310030-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120531T0030Z/
MOTLEY TX-COTTLE TX-
715 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COTTLE AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE STRONGEST ROTATION 
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PADUCAH...DELWIN AND HACKBERRY.

LAT...LON 3390 10010 3385 10053 3403 10054 3414 10047
      3392 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 317DEG 25KT 3397 10041

$$

MEADOWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall28 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley54 min
May 30, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall63 min
May 30, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBChildress, Hall37 min
May 30, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall66 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle64 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Hall, Motley29 min
May 30, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall25 min
May 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall25 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, King24 min
May 30, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle65 min
May 30, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley33 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.