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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 23, 1986Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1986, 4:17 PM CST for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1986, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1986, 4:55 PM CST
In force
38 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 232221 COR
TORLBB
TXC303-232315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
417 PM CST WED APR 23 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

WEST TEXAS...LUBBOCK

AT 412 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE SLIDE
COMMUNITY WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE LUBBOCK
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !

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.