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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 13, 1992Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 8:55 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1992, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1252 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 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.