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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 1989Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1989, 7:43 PM CDT for Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 77 min. 2 reports 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 31, 1989, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hale County, TX, Lubbock 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
May 31, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F0Hale, TX
May 31, 8:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Hale, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1989-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 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 1989-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.4

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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
May 31, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale4 hr
May 31, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale68 min
Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock45 min
Jun 1, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn69 min
Jun 1, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran64 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza65 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley60 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.