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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 10, 2017Childress County, Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT for Childress County, Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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 10, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 801 W Lazare, TX
May 10, 4:07 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 Ese Kirkland, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

080 
WFUS54 KLUB 102056
TORLUB
TXC075-101-102115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0028.170510T2056Z-170510T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
356 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Childress County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northeastern Cottle County in northwestern Texas...

* Until 415 PM CDT
    
* At 356 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Kirkland, or 9 miles southeast of Childress,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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. 

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Kirkland around 405 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 3421 10015 3437 10024 3450 10000 3426 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 244DEG 28KT 3433 10012 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
256 
WWUS54 KLUB 102105
SVSLUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
405 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

TXC075-101-102115-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170510T2115Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
405 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN COTTLE COUNTIES...
    
At 405 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kirkland, or 12 miles east of Childress, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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. 

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Childress and northeastern Cottle Counties.

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 3421 10015 3437 10024 3450 10000 3426 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 244DEG 28KT 3436 10004 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer50 min
May 9, 7:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Cochran64 min
May 9, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb35 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Lamb2 hr
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey, Lamb29 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb31 min
May 9, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran, Yoakum36 min
May 9, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran60 min
May 9, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran31 min
May 9, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran, Hockley32 min
May 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey32 min
May 9, 10:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey53 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb31 min
May 9, 10:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lamb83 min
May 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer30 min
May 9, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb38 min
May 9, 11:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Lamb, Parmer85 min
May 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Parmer28 min
May 9, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb30 min
May 9, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey45 min
May 9, 11:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey86 min
May 10, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey64 min
May 10, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer46 min
May 10, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher28 min
May 10, 12:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Lamb64 min
May 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher26 min
May 10, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb50 min
May 10, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Swisher50 min
May 10, 1:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Swisher57 min
May 10, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBParmer33 min
May 10, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer47 min
May 10, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry, Yoakum30 min
May 10, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Parmer40 min
May 10, 2:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer56 min
May 10, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro, Parmer24 min
May 10, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro29 min
May 10, 3:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock80 min
May 10, 4:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Castro, Swisher57 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley34 min
May 10, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall30 min
May 10, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall31 min
May 10, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley24 min
May 10, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley49 min
May 10, 2:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBMotley59 min
May 10, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley34 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBChildress, Cottle25 min
May 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher37 min
May 10, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall28 min
May 10, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall28 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall31 min
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall18 min
May 10, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe115 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.