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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 3:18 PM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2017, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dickens County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
753
WFUS54 KLUB 282018
TORLUB
TXC125-282045-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.170328T2018Z-170328T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
318 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Dickens County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 345 PM CDT
* At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near White River Lake, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Dickens County.
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 3341 10104 3372 10104 3371 10086 3340 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 186DEG 16KT 3349 10099
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
071 follow-up statement
085
WWUS54 KLUB 282028
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
328 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
TXC125-282045-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170328T2045Z/
Dickens TX-
328 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DICKENS COUNTY...
At 328 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Spur, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Dickens County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3350 10099 3372 10099 3371 10086 3349 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 201DEG 19KT 3355 10092
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lubbock | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 2:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 90 min |
| Mar 28, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 91 min |
| Mar 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 87 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, Motley | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | King, Stonewall | 95 min |
| Mar 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Hall, Motley | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.