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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 14, 1990King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1990, 6:31 PM CDT for King County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County 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
May 14, 6:40 PM CDTHail 4.5King, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1990-05-14Temperature 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 1990-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 142335
SVRLBB
TXC269-150000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
631 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN KING COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUTHRIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN
GUTHRIE AT 600 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley64 min
May 14, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley50 min
May 14, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King40 min
May 14, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, King53 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.