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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 6:01 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Floyd County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 Se South Plains, TX | INDICATED HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS BUT NO RAIN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211
WFUS54 KLUB 072301
TORLUB
TXC153-072315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.140607T2301Z-140607T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH PLAINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH PLAINS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 10119 3410 10122 3414 10143 3423 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 271DEG 15KT 3419 10135
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BC1 follow-up statement
163
WWUS54 KLUB 072308
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
608 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
TXC153-072315-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140607T2315Z/
FLOYD TX-
608 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH PLAINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3414 10140 3423 10139 3422 10119 3410 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 271DEG 15KT 3419 10131
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 108 min |
| Jun 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cochran | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock, Swisher | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Crosby, Floyd, Hall, Lubbock, Motley | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cochran | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Cottle | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Swisher | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 41 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.