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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 1991Floyd County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 5, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1991, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Floyd County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 8:34 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Floyd, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 060130
TORLBB
TXC153-060215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
831 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...FLOYD COUNTY
 
AT 828 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR
BARWISE IN WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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 THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb55 min
Jun 5, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza55 min
Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale65 min
Jun 5, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale40 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale47 min
Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLamb56 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Floyd66 min
Jun 5, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley64 min
Jun 5, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent64 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King68 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.