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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 W Lazare, TX | |
| May 10, 4:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
011 follow-up statement
256
WWUS54 KLUB 102105
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
405 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
TXC075-101-102115-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170510T2115Z/
Childress TX-Cottle TX-
405 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN COTTLE COUNTIES...
At 405 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kirkland, or 12 miles east of Childress, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Childress and northeastern Cottle Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3421 10015 3437 10024 3450 10000 3426 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 244DEG 28KT 3436 10004
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
01The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 50 min |
| May 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 64 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Lamb | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 2 hr |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 31 min |
| May 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran, Yoakum | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cochran | 60 min |
| May 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran | 31 min |
| May 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey | 53 min |
| May 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 31 min |
| May 9, 10:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 83 min |
| May 9, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 38 min |
| May 9, 11:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 85 min |
| May 9, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 28 min |
| May 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 30 min |
| May 9, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 45 min |
| May 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey | 86 min |
| May 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Bailey | 64 min |
| May 10, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 46 min |
| May 10, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 28 min |
| May 10, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 64 min |
| May 10, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 26 min |
| May 10, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Swisher | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 57 min |
| May 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Parmer | 33 min |
| May 10, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Terry, Yoakum | 30 min |
| May 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 40 min |
| May 10, 2:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer | 56 min |
| May 10, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 24 min |
| May 10, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 80 min |
| May 10, 4:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Swisher | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 34 min |
| May 10, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 31 min |
| May 10, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 24 min |
| May 10, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 49 min |
| May 10, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Motley | 59 min |
| May 10, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle | 25 min |
| May 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 37 min |
| May 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 18 min |
| May 10, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe | 115 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.