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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 23, 2016Hall County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT for Hall County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: May 23, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 10:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Wnw Northfield, TX	POWER FLASHES OBSERVED

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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

844 
WFUS54 KLUB 240244
TORLUB
TXC191-345-240315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0009.160524T0244Z-160524T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
944 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 1015 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
  NORTHFIELD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY...AND IS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

  TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A SIGNIFICANT 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...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3434 10067 3424 10070 3429 10084 3436 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 193DEG 2KT 3430 10076 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MCZ

1 follow-up statement

392 
WWUS54 KLUB 240257
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
957 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

TXC191-345-240315-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160524T0315Z/
MOTLEY TX-HALL TX-
957 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MOTLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTIES...
    
AT 956 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS OCCURRING! TAKE IMMEDIATE
TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3434 10067 3428 10069 3429 10084 3436 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 166DEG 6KT 3434 10077 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MCZ

The 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, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LUB	Hall, Motley	22 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	49 min
May 23, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Hall, Motley	109 min
May 23, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	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.