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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1989, 4:04 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- May 17, 1989, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Motley, 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 17, 10:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1045 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN BAILEY COUNTY... AT 1045 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SITUATED ALONG THE STATE LINE IN WESTERNMOST BAILEY COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MULESHOE. THIS STORM APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE BOVINA AND FRIONA AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION ...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 12:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1230 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
THE SOUTH PLAINS...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...COTTLE...
DICKENS AND KING.
AT 1228 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSINB THE
BAILEY COUNTY LINE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PARMER COUNTY. AT 1125 PM CDT
THE BAILEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL
THAT COVERED THE HIGHWAY 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THE HAIL
WAS SO DEEP THAT VEHICLES COULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. THIS STORM EARLIER
HAD PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR PERIODIC STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.Special weather statement, May 17, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
150 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
THE SOUTH PLAINS...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...COTTLE...
DICKENS AND KING.
AT 147 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER
THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. STRONGEST THUNDESTORMS WERE IN
NORTHERN BAILEY COUNTY...AND NEAR PLAINVIEW AND FLOYDADA. ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP UP ON THE
LATESiT WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION...
RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.Special weather statement, May 17, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 64 min |
| May 17, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock, Terry | 65 min |
| May 17, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Terry | 70 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lynn | 59 min |
| May 17, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 55 min |
| May 17, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 56 min |
| May 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 60 min |
| May 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.