Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 11:34 PM CST for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:34 PM CST (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1990, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:45 PM CST | 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 00:00Z, 5.6 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
- 2746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 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 140536 SVRLBB TXC101-140630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1134 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...COTTLE COUNTY THE STORM THAT PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN DICKENS COUNTY DEVELOPED NORTHEASTWARD INTO COTTLE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTRERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Mar 13, 10:56 PM CST, 38 minutes before
TXZ007>012-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1055 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER GARZA..CROSBY AND DICKENS COUNTIES DURING THE PAST 1/2 HOUR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. THE TOWNS OF DICKENS..POST AND SPUR ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 40 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.