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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dumont, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
679
WFUS54 KLUB 162313
TORLUB
TXC101-125-269-345-162345-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.160416T2313Z-160416T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
613 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF DUMONT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GUTHRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUMONT AROUND 620 PM CDT.
FINNEY AROUND 630 PM CDT.
GROW AND DELWIN AROUND 640 PM CDT.
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 3362 10047 3369 10064 3396 10062 3387 10031
3370 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 219DEG 26KT 3370 10048
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
262 follow-up statements
514
WWUS54 KLUB 162327
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
627 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC125-345-162336-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T2345Z/
MOTLEY TX-DICKENS TX-
627 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY AND NORTHEASTERN
DICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3365 10036 3369 10052 3393 10052 3387 10031
3370 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 225DEG 30KT 3374 10040
$$
TXC101-269-162345-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T2345Z/
COTTLE TX-KING TX-
627 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE AND NORTHWESTERN KING COUNTIES...
AT 626 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FINNEY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUTHRIE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING CYCLIC
TORNADOES.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FINNEY AROUND 630 PM CDT.
GROW AND DELWIN AROUND 640 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3365 10036 3369 10052 3393 10052 3387 10031
3370 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 225DEG 30KT 3374 10040
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
26169
WWUS54 KLUB 162336
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
636 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC101-269-162345-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T2345Z/
COTTLE TX-KING TX-
636 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE AND NORTHWESTERN KING COUNTIES...
AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DELWIN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF PADUCAH...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE AND NORTHWESTERN KING COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3370 10035 3375 10048 3391 10046 3387 10031
3376 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 194DEG 33KT 3384 10036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
26The 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, King | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 45 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.