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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Apr 16, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terry County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Terry, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 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, 4 hours 13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 57 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.