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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 1987, 10:19 PM CST for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1987, 10:19 PM CST (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1987, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 230419 TORLBB TXC345-230515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1019 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST TEXAS...MOTLEY AT 950 PM CST RADAR WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN MOTLEY COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF RUSSELLVILLE. THIS IS ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MATADOR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 22, 4:26 PM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 425 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR MOTLEY...COTTLE... DICKENS...KING AND KENT COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... AT 425 PM CST THERE WERE NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS OF TEXAS DURING THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:32 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 530 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR EASTERN PORTION OF TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM CST... AT 525 PM CST THERE WERE NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN THE EXTREME NORTH- EASTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM FROM THE WEST HAS CREATED CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNI$NG AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:35 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 630 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR EASTERN PORTION OF TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... AT 630 PM CST A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AROUND PADUCAH AND GUTHRIE. THESE THUNDER- STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT DRIVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE EASTERN SlOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:20 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 720 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR EASTERN PORTION OF TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... AT 715 PM CST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN COTTLE COUNTY NEAR PADUCAH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THERE WERE NO OTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. A VIGOROUS AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS DRIVING EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AT MID EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE LUBBOCK AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR WITH STRONG...GUSTY AND SHFTING WINDS AND SOME BLOWING DUST. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE MORE MOIST AIR ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE LATE EVENING. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO... FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:28 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 828 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING... AT 825 PM CST MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS ALONG A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. SMALL HAIL FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM. THUNDERSTORMS IN FLOYD...HALE...LUBBOCK AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING AS IT DRIVES EAST INTO THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 9:06 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 905 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING... AT 900 PM CST VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AND AROUND FLOYD COUNTY IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF FLOYDADA AND ALSO SOUTH OF FLOYDADA ALONG THE CROSBY AND FLOYD COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM FLOYD AND HALE COUNTIES...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LUBBOCK...CROSBY... LYNN AND TERRY COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HALE..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. KEEP LISTENING FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 64 min |
| Mar 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 10:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.