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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 5, 2015Crosby County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2015, 7:40 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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 5, 2015, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Crosby County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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
May 5, 7:47 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	5 S Crosbyton, TX
May 5, 8:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 N White River Lake, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

503 
WFUS54 KLUB 060040
TORLUB
TXC107-060115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.150506T0040Z-150506T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
  TORNADOES WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSBYTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 70 MPH 
           WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROSBYTON AND WHITE RIVER LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3346 10132 3374 10135 3382 10106 3340 10104
      3340 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 269DEG 17KT 3359 10129 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

SC

2 follow-up statements

877 
WWUS54 KLUB 060047
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

TXC107-060115-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150506T0115Z/
CROSBY TX-
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CROSBY COUNTY...
    
AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED OVER 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO...TWO INCH HAIL AND 80 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSBYTON AND WHITE RIVER LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3346 10132 3374 10135 3382 10106 3340 10104
      3340 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 248DEG 24KT 3361 10125 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

SC

945 
WWUS54 KLUB 060102
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

TXC107-060115-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150506T0115Z/
CROSBY TX-
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CROSBY COUNTY...
    
AT 801 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING EAST 
AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSBYTON AND WHITE RIVER LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 3346 10132 3374 10135 3382 10106 3340 10104
      3340 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 264DEG 23KT 3361 10113 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

SC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	44 min
May 5, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LUB	Crosby, Lubbock	35 min
May 5, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Motley	48 min
May 5, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Dickens	29 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.