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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 3, 1989Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 4:27 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hale County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 612 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 032127
TORLBB
TXC189-032215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
427 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...HALE
 
AT 425 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 4 MILES NORTH-
NORTHEAST OF HALE CENTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
 
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.

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, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock55 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, 4:47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.