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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 6:32 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Floyd County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Cedar Hill, 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.
| 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
140
WFUS54 KLUB 072332
TORLUB
TXC153-080000-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.140607T2332Z-140608T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
632 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR HILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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 EASTERN 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 3413 10104 3400 10107 3408 10127 3417 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 292DEG 18KT 3412 10117
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BC1 follow-up statement
119
WWUS54 KLUB 072342
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
TXC153-080000-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140608T0000Z/
FLOYD TX-
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR HILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3413 10104 3400 10107 3408 10127 3417 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 292DEG 18KT 3410 10112
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
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, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 14 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.