Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

WEST TEXAS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL REMAINS STRONG FROM NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN
   THROUGH SOUTH PLAINS AND PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE RISK AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN AROUND THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA...AS WELL AS THE PANHANDLE
AND SOUTH PLAINS WHICH INCLUDE THE CITIES OF LUBBOCK AND AMARILLO.

THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND A PROMINENT JET IN
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE SETTING FOR THE
STORMS. A DRYLINE--WHICH IS THE BOUNDARY SEPERATING DRY AIR IN THE WEST
FROM MOIST GULF AIR TO THE EAST--HAS BEGUN TO PUSH WESTWARD INTO THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE RISK AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN ERUPT
ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF SUCH A DRYLINE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...WINDS OF 58
MPH OR HIGHER...AND/OR TORNADOES. THERE APPEARS TO BE A BETTER THAN
AVERAGE CHANCE FOR TORNADOES WITH THIS OUTBREAK. THE MOST FAVORED TIME
OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE FROM 4 PM CDT THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL
FOR TORRENTIAL/EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY
THE SAME RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS RISK FOR TOO MUCH RAIN.
POTENTIAL RAINFALL IS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN JUST A FEW HOURS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS FROM THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TWHROUGH THE PANHANDLE AND
SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
DO NOT STAY OUT OF TOUCH OF COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION--OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
 {425 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

 {...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

AT 422 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...
AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. {

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

{...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN
   COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 422 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...
AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

{...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN
   COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 520 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER LUBBOCK COUNTY...
WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH
PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN MOVING NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNmADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORECTION OF TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

{...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN
   COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 520 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER LUBBOCK COUNTY...
WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH
PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN MOVING NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARrE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
610 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

{...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN
   COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 605 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN
LUBBOCK AND HALE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SOME POSSIBLE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH
THE AREA.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
OR WARNINGS.