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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 5, 1986Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1986, 10:12 PM CST for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1986, 10:12 PM CST (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1986, 11:10 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lubbock 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn59 min
Apr 5, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby63 min
Apr 5, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn42 min
Apr 5, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley42 min
Apr 6, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock44 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.