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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 16, 2016Dickens County, King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for Dickens County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 16, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Dickens County, TX, King County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 16, 5:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	13 Ese Dickens, TX	VIDEO OF LARGE CONE TORNADO OVER OPEN LAND.
Apr 16, 6:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 S Dumont, TX	VIDEO OF A SECOND BUT SMALLER TORNADO OVER OPEN LAND.

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 16, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.9

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WFUS54 KLUB 162247
TORLUB
TXC125-269-162315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.160416T2247Z-160416T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
547 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF DICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WEST CENTRAL KING AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTIES.

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 3350 10060 3355 10071 3379 10067 3372 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 212DEG 35KT 3357 10063 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

109 
WWUS54 KLUB 162252
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
552 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

TXC125-269-162315-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T2315Z/
KING TX-DICKENS TX-
552 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL KING AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTIES...
    
AT 551 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF DICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL KING AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3353 10057 3357 10070 3379 10067 3372 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 212DEG 35KT 3361 10060 

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

$$

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933 
WWUS54 KLUB 162304
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
604 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

TXC125-269-162315-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T2315Z/
KING TX-DICKENS TX-
604 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL KING AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTIES...
    
AT 604 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF DUMONT...OR 11 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL KING AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3359 10051 3364 10065 3379 10067 3372 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 219DEG 35KT 3367 10052 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Parmer	33 min
Apr 16, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King	50 min
Apr 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, King	33 min
Apr 16, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd	26 min
Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe	25 min
Apr 16, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	31 min
Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Motley	34 min
Apr 16, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hall	47 min
Apr 16, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	46 min
Apr 16, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Dickens, King	13 min
Apr 16, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall	47 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza	26 min
Apr 16, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Hall	35 min
Apr 16, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens, Kent	37 min
Apr 16, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Dickens	45 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	32 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	31 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley	2 hr

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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.