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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1990, 8:16 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 16, 1990, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kent, TX | |
| Apr 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Kent, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 170117 SVRLBB TXC263-170200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 816 PM CDT MON APR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...KENT COUNTY AT 814 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF JAYTON. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH JAYTON BY 830 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERAB[LY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Apr 16, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ007>012-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 525 PM CDT MON APR 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 515 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDER- STORMS OVER NORTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTY JUST NORTH OF SHALLOWATER. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WIND. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING AT 515 PM. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO THIS EVENING AS CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. JT
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ007>012-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 635 PM CDT MON APR 16 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 620 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTH- EASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY...EASTERN HALE COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY AND NORTHERN CROSBY COUNTY. BRIEF STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. MORE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...SO THESE STORMS WILL PROBABLY INTENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE EAST. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 68 min |
| Apr 17, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 42 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.