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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2016, 9:23 PM CDT for Hall County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 23, 2016, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 W Northfield, TX | LARGE TORNADO OCCURRED FROM ABOUT 934 PM TO 1008 PM AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHWEST. TDS OBSERVED TO 20K FEET. |
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 Ene Flomot, TX | SPOTTER REPORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
432
WFUS54 KLUB 240223
TORLUB
TXC191-345-240245-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0008.160524T0223Z-160524T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
923 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 922 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY. AT 921 PM...A STORM CHASER OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD
WITH THIS STORM SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
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
NORTH CENTRAL MOTLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3433 10060 3418 10066 3427 10086 3438 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 314DEG 4KT 3433 10078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MCZ1 follow-up statement
541
WWUS54 KLUB 240235
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
935 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
TXC191-345-240245-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160524T0245Z/
MOTLEY TX-HALL TX-
935 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MOTLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTIES...
AT 934 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TURKEY...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND RAIN WRAPPED.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL MOTLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT
NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3432 10066 3420 10071 3427 10086 3435 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 250DEG 2KT 3428 10080
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MCZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 26 min |
| May 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 45 min |
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 93 min |
| May 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent, Lynn | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | Childress, Hall | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hall | 2 hr |
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 9 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 32 min |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Motley | 45 min |
| May 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 31 min |
| May 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 109 min |
| May 23, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 16 min |
| May 23, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Hall | 47 min |
| May 23, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 20 min |
| May 24, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 45 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.