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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 16, 1986Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1986, 6:59 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
May 16, 1986, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cottle 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
May 16, 7:35 PM CDTTornado F0Cottle, 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1986-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2600 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1986-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
2600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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 162359
TORLBB
TXC101-170100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
659 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST TEXAS...COTTLE

AT 657 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST WEST
OF PADUCAH..MOVING TOWARDS PADUCAH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King69 min
May 15, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley5 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley65 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes 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.