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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 30, 1986Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1986, 7:08 PM CDT for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terry 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 7:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Terry, 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 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, 2 hours 15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd32 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.