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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 1, 1990Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 8:22 AM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1990, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kent 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3515 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.5
Supercell composite
22.9

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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, Jun 1, 4:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd3 hr
May 31, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock59 min
May 31, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley60 min
May 31, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle58 min
May 31, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle44 min
Jun 1, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock63 min
Jun 1, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd61 min
Jun 1, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza68 min
Jun 1, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza61 min
Jun 1, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent57 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza60 min
Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing56 min
Jun 1, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent56 min
Jun 1, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing68 min
Jun 1, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent63 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.