Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

May 11, 1991, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 1991, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lamb County, 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.

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TXC279-120330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN LAMB COUNTY
 
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMB COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE HAVE
BEEN NO FURTHER INDICATIONS OF A TORNADO WHICH WAS REPORTED EARLIER
IN LAMB COUNTY.  HOWEVER RADAR STILL INDICATES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LAMB COUNTY.  STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
9 PM CDT IN LITTLEFIELD BY THE EARTH FIRE DEPARTMENT.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WE\ATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

TXZ007>012-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
420 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES OF
THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM CDT. ONLY KING COUNTY AND COTTLE COUNTY
OF THE EXTREME EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.

AT THIS TIME THE ONLY THUNDERSTORM INDICATED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS
WAS IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY JUST WEST OF ROPESVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

DB

TXZ007>012-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
505 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES OF
THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

AT 500 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST HALE COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HALE CENTER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED TO THE WEST OF LUBBOCK...ACROSS EASTERN HOCKLEY AND
WESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTIES. AS OF 505 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS
INDICATED IN ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

DB

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.