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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2017, 6:56 PM CDT for Bailey County, Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2017, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 9, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S Enochs, TX | |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 4 S Enochs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 623 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
191
WFUS54 KLUB 092356
TORLUB
TXC017-079-100030-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0022.170509T2356Z-170510T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
656 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Bailey County in northwestern Texas...
Northeastern Cochran County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT
* At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Lehman, or 6 miles southwest of Morton,
moving east at 25 mph. A rotating wall cloud is being reported
with this storm.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Morton around 710 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 3365 10293 3374 10296 3394 10272 3383 10262
3369 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 248DEG 20KT 3370 10288
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MCZ1 follow-up statement
476
WWUS54 KLUB 100015
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
715 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
TXC017-079-100030-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170510T0030Z/
Bailey TX-Cochran TX-
715 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BAILEY AND NORTHEASTERN COCHRAN COUNTIES...
At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles northwest of Morton, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to
roofs...windows and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will
be deadly to people and animals. Tree damage is likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Enochs around 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building.
&&
LAT...LON 3370 10288 3377 10291 3394 10272 3383 10262
3372 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 221DEG 18KT 3377 10280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MCZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran | 43 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.