Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1986, 5:24 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1986, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Lubbock, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 1801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 30, 4:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
{455PM CDT MON JUN 30 1986
{...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...
AT 450PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE VICINITY OF LITTLEFIELD, TEXAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANYING THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY
OF SOUTHERN LAMB AND NORTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES ARE URGED TO BE ALEART
FOR THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
STRONG WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FOR
THIS PERIODo AND RESIDENTS SHOULD VENTURE OUT OF DOORS WITH CAUTION. {The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.