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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 22, 1988Floyd County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 1988, 9:25 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Sep 22, 1988, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1988, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Floyd 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
Sep 22, 9:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Floyd, 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 1988-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1988-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb40 min
Sep 22, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale62 min
Sep 22, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale23 min
Sep 22, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock63 min
Sep 22, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby55 min
Sep 22, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn60 min
Sep 22, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.