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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 24, 1988Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1988, 7:40 PM CDT for Lamb 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
Jul 24, 1988, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1988, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb 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
Jul 24, 7:45 PM CDTTornado F0Lamb, 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 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
Jul 24, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

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.