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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 16, 1992Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 16, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hale County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 5:02 PM CDTHail 0.88Hale, TX
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDTTornado F0Hale, 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 162130
SVRLBB
TXC189-162230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
430 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...HALE COUNTY
 
AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INIDICATE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL HALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 16, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ007>012-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
315 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 310 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER HALE COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH
OF ABERNATHY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF ABERNATHY.  AT 300 PM CDT THE PUBLIC
REPORTED PEA SIZE HALE SOUTH OF HALE CENTER.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS.  STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER
STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd29 min
Apr 15, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd44 min
Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd3 hr
Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale3 hr
Apr 15, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd68 min
Apr 15, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley48 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale58 min
Apr 16, 4:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale3 hr
Apr 16, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale38 min
Apr 16, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale63 min
Apr 16, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.