Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 31, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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 31, 8:50 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 00:00Z, 1.8 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 31, 4:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 434 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HALE...FLOYD... MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. AT 433 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 521 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HALE... FLOYD...MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTI OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HALE...WESTERN FLOYD...AND WESTERN CROSBY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND..DEADLY LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GLP
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY... AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY AND CENTRAL CROSBY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 805 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY AND EASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN TERRY COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LYNN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Floyd | 3 hr |
| May 31, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
| May 31, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 58 min |
| May 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 63 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.