Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

Sep 9, 1987, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)

Expired

Sep 9, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KLBB 100035
TORLBB
TXC219-303-100130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
735 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK
 
 
AT 735 PM CDT SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED A TORNADO 1/2 MILE
NORTH OF SMYER MOVING SOUTHEAST. DURING THE PAST 10 MINUTES A SPOTTER
REPORTED POWER POLE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES NORTH
OF SMYER.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
500 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 455 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS IN LAMB COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF LITTLEFIELD.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LITTLEFIELD.
ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT
AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANACE MIGRATES ACROSS THE REGION. THE
LAMB COUNTY STORMS ARE THE VANGUARD OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT
SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA...WITH SOME HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WIND EXPECTED.  SOUTH PLAINS RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT
SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS LIKELY...SINCE REPEATED RAINS DURING
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE LEFT THE GROtUND QUITE MOIST ALREADY.

PERIODIC STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THIS WEATHER SITUATION DEVELOPS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987

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.