Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1989, 6:36 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 12, 1989, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cottle 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 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Cottle, TX | |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cottle, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 122336
TORLBB
TXC101-130030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
636 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...COTTLE
AT 633 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND IS CROSSING HIGHWAY 62.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT ANDj COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 59 min |
| May 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 65 min |
| May 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 58 min |
| May 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 61 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 62 min |
| May 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 59 min |
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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.