Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1990, 3:56 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- May 14, 1990, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley 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 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Motley, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:03 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 254 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:52 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND WESTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION DUR8ING THIS TORNADO WATCH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND WESTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION DUR<ING THIS TORNADO WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 50 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 40 min |
| May 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 53 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 29 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.