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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 2, 1989Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 8:05 PM CDT for Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 2, 1989, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hockley 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
Jun 2, 8:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 64Lubbock, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 864 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Jun 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry59 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry62 min
Jun 2, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum58 min
Jun 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum69 min
Jun 2, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock59 min
Jun 3, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock56 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry62 min
Jun 3, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock64 min
Jun 3, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn56 min
Jun 3, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale48 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby58 min
Jun 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb43 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale56 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.