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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 22, 1986Hockley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 1986, 5:44 PM CDT for Hockley County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1986, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hockley 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
Sep 22, 6:08 PM CDTHail 1.75Hockley, TX
Sep 22, 6:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Hockley, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 222244
TORLBB
TXC219-222345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
544 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST TEXAS...HOCKLEY

AT 643 PM CDT..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN HOCKLEY COUNTY..
ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF REESE AIR FORCE BASE.  THIS STORM IS
PgRODUCING NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AND HAS PRODUCED AT LEAST ONE
TORNADO WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.  IT IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley, Lamb57 min
Sep 22, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock62 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.