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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1990, 5:37 PM CDT for Cottle County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- May 14, 1990, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cottle County, TX, King 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 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cottle, TX | |
| May 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | King, TX | |
| May 14, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | King, 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 142238 TORLBB TXC101-269-142330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 537 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...COTTLE COUNTY...KING COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUTHRIE. THE TORNADO WAS NO LONGER ON THE GROUND AT 536 PM BUT COULD REDEVELOP. RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH IN COTTLE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 14, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 254 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND WESTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION DUR8ING THIS TORNADO WATCH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND WESTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION DUR<ING THIS TORNADO WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 64 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 50 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 40 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 29 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.