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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 27, 1989Cottle County, King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1989, 4:08 PM CST for Cottle County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
Mar 27, 1989, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1989, 5:15 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cottle County, TX, King 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
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CSTHail 1.75King, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 1989-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1989-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
Mar 26, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley62 min
Mar 26, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle55 min
Mar 26, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock68 min
Mar 26, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock64 min
Mar 27, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale49 min
Mar 27, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley66 min
Mar 27, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens56 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.