Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 1986, 6:43 PM CDT for Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Sep 22, 1986, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 1986, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hockley County, TX, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hockley, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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, Sep 22, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 245 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 240 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BORDER FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM ON THE SOUTH PLAINS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST COCHRAN COUNTY.. OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MORTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WIND..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION..OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 340 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 335 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNUDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHNDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ON THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE LOCATED NEAR MULESHOE IN NORTHEAST BAILEY COUNTY..AND NEAR MORTON IN NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY. AT 340 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED LAMB AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES AS THE STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WIND..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. < STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION..OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 515 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST HOCKLEY AND SOUTHERN LAMB... AT 445 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF WHITHARRAL IN HOCKLEY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH- EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT PRESENT RADAR INDICATIONS SHOW A CHANGE IN MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MEANS THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF WHITHARRAL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. ELSEWHERE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS SCTTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME CONTAIN NO SEVERE WEATHER. THEY ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND DO HPAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO OR TV STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 57 min |
| Sep 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.