Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT for Garza 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
- Jun 1, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garza 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Garza, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 012002 SVRLBB TXC169-012100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...GARZA COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN GARZA COUNTY BETWEEN POST AND JUSTICEBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. GLP
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, 9:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-011545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 947 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR KENT COUNTY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 940 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED OVER SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN CROSBY COUNTY AND GARZA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLeY CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. JAC
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, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 60 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, 3:04 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.