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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2018, 4:29 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 7, 2018, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 E Memphis, TX | FUNNEL ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND NEAR THE SALT CREEK RANCH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
370
WFUS54 KLUB 072129
TORLUB
TXC075-191-072200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.180607T2129Z-180607T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
429 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Childress County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Northeastern Hall County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Memphis, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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
northwestern Childress and northeastern Hall 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 3473 10026 3460 10053 3474 10063 3475 10061
3475 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 245DEG 35KT 3469 10051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CWA3 follow-up statements
059
WWUS54 KLUB 072138
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
438 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
TXC075-191-072200-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180607T2200Z/
Childress TX-Hall TX-
438 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
At 437 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Memphis, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...At 437 PM CDT weather spotters reported a funnel cloud
over the Salt Creek Ranch.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Memphis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 10026 3460 10053 3474 10063 3475 10061
3475 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 245DEG 35KT 3472 10042
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CWA564
WWUS54 KLUB 072143
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
443 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
TXC075-191-072200-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180607T2200Z/
Childress TX-Hall TX-
443 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES...
At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles east of Memphis, moving northeast at 40 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
northwestern Childress and northeastern Hall 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 3473 10026 3466 10041 3470 10048 3475 10048
3475 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 245DEG 35KT 3474 10036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CWA971
WWUS54 KLUB 072152
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
452 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
TXC075-191-072202-
/O.EXP.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180607T2200Z/
Childress TX-Hall TX-
452 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHILDRESS AND NORTHEASTERN
HALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds and heavy rain remain likely and
a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3473 10026 3466 10041 3470 10048 3475 10048
3475 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 245DEG 35KT 3478 10026
$$
CWAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Childress | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby, Hale, Lubbock, Swisher | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 59 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.