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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 6, 1989Crosby County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1989, 5:58 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1989, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1989, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crosby 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 1989-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 779 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 1989-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 062259
TORLBB
TXC107-070000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...EASTERN CROSBY
 
RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTERN CROSBY COUNTY
AT 600 PM CDT.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNELS AND LARGE
HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb57 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale63 min
Jun 6, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb44 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd, Hale61 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby40 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd59 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens66 min
Jun 6, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King60 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.