Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1988, 8:02 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 16, 1988, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1988, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lynn 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:23 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Lynn, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 170103
TORLBB
TXC305-170200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
802 PM CDT APR 16 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...LYNN
AT 801 PM CDT SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHWEST
LYNN COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW MOORE. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO AT THIS LOCATION.
THIS STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. TOWNS IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WELLS...AND TAHOKA...AS WELL AS NEW MOORE.
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, Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 255 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 800 PM CDT...SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE COCHRAN... HOCKLEY...YOAKUM...AND TERRY COUNTIES... AT 255 PM CDT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA EXTENDED FROM AMARILLO TO SILVERTON IN BRISCOE COUNTY TO MATADOR IN MOTLEY COUNTY TO CLAIREMONT IN KENT COUNTY. NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE POSING A THREAT AS YET. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH- EAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS FROM ROSWELL TO PECOS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 340 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 800 PM CDT...SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE COCHRAN... HOCKLEY...YOAKUM...AND TERRY COUNTIES... AT 335 PM CDT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. A VERY STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THIS STORM COULD THREATEN PARTS OF GARZA AND KENT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR ROSWELL IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO NEAR PECOS IN THE PERMIAN BASIN. THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 425 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS INCLUDING HOCKLEY...YOAKUM... COCHRAN...AND TERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...NEAR THE TOWN OF HARMONY IN SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST IN SCURRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KENT AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN KING COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. AN AREA OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS CLUSTERED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO JUST TO THE WEST OF THE LOVINGTON AND HOBBS AREA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...L ARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 500 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS INCLUDING HOCKLEY...YOAKUM... COCHRAN...AND TERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...JUST SOUTH OF KENT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF KENT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. AN AREA OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS CLUSTERED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO IN THE LOVINGTON AND HOBBS AREA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF TEXAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. RAIN SHOWERS HAD PUSHED INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING MAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR1 POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 545 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YOAKUM COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS INCLUDING HOCKLEY...YOAKUM... COCHRAN...AND TERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTH- WEST PORTION OF YOAKUM COUNTY NEAR THE TOWNS OF ALLRED AND DENVER CITY. THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WITH THE TORNADO THREAT IN THE AREA...PERSONS ARE REMINDED THAT STORMS SUCH AS THIS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KENT COUNTY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING INCLUDES TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WIjNDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 550 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YOAKUM COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH ALL OF SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTH- WEST PORTION OF YOAKUM COUNTY NEAR THE TOWNS OF ALLRED AND DENVER CITY. THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WITH THE TORNADO THREAT IN THE AREA...PERSONS ARE REMINDED THAT STORMS SUCH AS THIS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KENT COUNTY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING INCLUDES TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAkMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Terry | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 68 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
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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.