Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1986, 11:00 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 1986, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1986, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 630 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE TEXAS NEW MEXICO BORDER... AT 625 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE AND OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO FROM NEAR TUCUMCARI SOUTHWARD TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES..AND WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAILEY COUNTY SHORTLY BEFORE 7 PM CDT. HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG WIND AND HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 4, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 700 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 655 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST 30 MPH. AT 655 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 4, 7:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 745 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 740 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST 30 MPH. AT 740 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER BAILEY..COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 830 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 825 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST 25 MPH. AT 825 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER LAMB COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF HOCKLEY COUNTY. AT 800 PM CDT THE LAMB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF SUDAN. HEAVY RAINFALL..STONG WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS..OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 4, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 830 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 825 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST 25 MPH. AT 825 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER LAMB COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF HOCKLEY COUNTY. AT 800 PM CDT THE LAMB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF SUDAN. HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS..OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 4, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 945 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 1986 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 940 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 920 PM CDT HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT EARTH TEXAS BY THE EARTH FIRE DEPARTMENT. AT 940 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER LAMB AND HALE COUNTIES ON THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS #AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS..OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 52 min |
| May 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 55 min |
| May 4, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.