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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1991, 8:38 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 7, 1991, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1991, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lubbock County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lubbock, TX | |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lubbock, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 7, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ007>012-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS... AT 320 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...SCATTERED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE LOCATED IN LAMB COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 352 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 345 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDER- STORMS FROM THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE IN LAMB COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHERN YOAKUM COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRpONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 454 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 450 PM RADAR INDICTAED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE PANHANDLE THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE IN EASTERN LAMB AND WESTERN HALE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-080020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 620 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 615 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE IN EASTERN HALE COUNTY...AND NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO WIDELUY SCATTERED OVER GARZA COUNTY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER 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 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 51 min |
| May 7, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 55 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.