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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2021, 7:20 PM CST for Dickens County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2021, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2021, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Dickens County, TX, Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 12, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 512 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
869
WFUS54 KLUB 130120
TORLUB
TXC125-345-130145-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0003.210313T0120Z-210313T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
720 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Dickens County in northwestern Texas...
Southern Motley County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 745 PM CST.
* At 719 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northwest of Afton, or 13 miles north of
Dickens, moving east at 25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Afton and Roaring Springs.
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 3371 10094 3393 10094 3400 10052 3368 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 267DEG 21KT 3381 10089
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
262 follow-up statements
048
WWUS54 KLUB 130126
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
726 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
TXC125-345-130145-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210313T0145Z/
Dickens TX-Motley TX-
726 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKENS AND SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTIES...
At 726 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Afton, or 13 miles north of Dickens, moving east at
25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Afton and Roaring Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3371 10089 3394 10090 3400 10052 3368 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 266DEG 22KT 3381 10082
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
26172
WWUS54 KLUB 130134 CCA
SVSLUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
734 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
TXC125-345-130200-
/O.COR.KLUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210313T0145Z/
Dickens TX-Motley TX-
734 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKENS AND SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTIES...
At 734 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles northeast of Afton, or 13 miles north of Dickens,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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.
Locations impacted include...
Afton and Roaring Springs.
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 3371 10089 3394 10090 3400 10052 3368 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 266DEG 22KT 3381 10082
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 6:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 86 min |
| Mar 12, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 78 min |
| Mar 12, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 9:12 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cottle | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 113 min |
| Mar 12, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Lubbock | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 1:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 2:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 19 min |
| Mar 13, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 15 min |
| Mar 13, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Swisher | 18 min |
| Mar 13, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 20 min |
| Mar 13, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Motley | 36 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.