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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 23, 1991Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1991, 7:42 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 23, 1991, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 7:54 PM CDTHail 1.75Lamb, 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, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 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 1991-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
12.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb58 min
Jun 23, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb48 min
Jun 23, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb43 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.