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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1990, 1:37 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 29, 1990, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamb 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 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Lamb, 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 291838 TORLBB TXC279-291945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 137 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...LAMB COUNTY AT 133 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND...AND LUBBOCK WEATHER RADAR CONFIRMS A TORNNADO 6 MILES WEST OF EARTH TEXAS... MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 THfE 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 29, 8:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ007>012-291530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 845 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 840 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN...AND LIKELY SOME SMALL HAIL...WAS OVER NORTHERN HALE COUNTY NORTH OF PLAINVIEW. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CROSBY AND DICKENS COUNTIES. A SMALL AREA OF LIGHTER SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER TERRY COUNTY NEAR BROWNFIELD. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH...AND IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS BY LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAY BECOME SEVERE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOARMATION. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-281630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1031 AM CDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF FLOYDADA... AT 1025 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY SOUTH OF FLOYDADA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPEMENTS AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WORK ITS WAY TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNDED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ007>012-291630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1034 AM CDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF FLOYDADA... AT 1025 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY SOUTH OF FLOYDADA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPEMENTS AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WORK ITS WAY TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNDED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours before
TXZ001>018-051>053-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...WEST TEXAS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1135 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE PECOS VALLEY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WEST TEXAS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS WORKED INTO WESTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR POINTS TOWARD A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING OVER WEST TEXAS...FROM THE PECOS VALLEY NORTHWARD. AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES LATER THIS AFTERNOON... A DRY LINE...CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WILL PUSH FAIRLY RAPIDLY INTO WESTERN TEXAS. AS THE WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASE...THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP. TORNADO WATCHES ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT FROM THE WESTERN PANHANDLE SOUTH TO THE PECOS VALLEY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPREARS THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO WEST TEXAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FROM EAST OF CLOVIS NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH ON THE DRY LINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...AND CONTINUE NORTHEAST FROM THERE AS THE DRY LINE PUSHES INTO WEST TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA AS WELL...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CON.CERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATED FORECASTS...ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 29, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-291830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1222 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BAILEY...LAMB...HALE...FLOYD..COCHRAN... HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM...TERRY...LYNN...AND GARZA COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM CDT... AT 1215 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN YOAKUM COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN YOAKUM COUNTY AND TERRY COUNTY CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF BAILY COUNTY IN THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 63 min |
| May 29, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 67 min |
| May 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 58 min |
| May 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 60 min |
| May 29, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 64 min |
| May 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 56 min |
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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.