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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1987, 10:13 AM CDT for King County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1987, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1987, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County King 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
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 281513
TORLBB
TXC269-281600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1013 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...KING
AT 1010 AM CDT SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC. STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE
SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF
GUTHRIE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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, May 28, 4:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 420 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 410 AM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LUBBOCK...EASTERN HALE...WESTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO YOAKUM AND TERRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 645 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR ALL THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 640 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PLAINVIEW...BETWEEN CLAIRMONT AND JUSTICEBURG ...AND IN SOUTHERN TERRY AND LYNN COUNTIES FROM WELCH TO O'DONNEL. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME HAIL. AT 637 AM CDT...THE PLAINVIEW CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOUTH PLAINS RESIDENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY REQUIRE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY ALREADY BE ACCUMULATING WATER...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN COMMUTING THIS MORNING. PERIODIC STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 51 min |
| May 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 58 min |
| May 28, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 68 min |
| May 28, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 115 min |
| May 28, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 55 min |
| May 28, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 50 min |
| May 28, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Terry | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 3 hr |
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.