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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2017, 7:44 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 14, 2017, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2017, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Castro County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Dimmitt, TX | BRIEF TORNADO OBSERVED BY STORM SPOTTER. LOCATION ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 14, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET MEASURED A SOUTHERLY INFLOW WIND GUST TO 60 MPH. |
| Apr 14, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Dimmitt, TX | POWER POLE SNAPPED ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE TIME OF DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN. |
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 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
618
WFUS54 KLUB 150044
TORLUB
TXC069-150115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0016.170415T0044Z-170415T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
744 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT
* At 743 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Dimmitt, moving north at 10 mph.
Circulation is currently just north of Dimmitt proper.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Dimmitt and Easter.
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 3472 10209 3449 10221 3453 10242 3475 10241
3475 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 193DEG 9KT 3459 10230
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
01The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Castro | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Castro | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Swisher | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Swisher | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Castro | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 12:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hale, Swisher | 113 min |
| Apr 15, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 46 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.