Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1992, 9:53 PM CDT for Garza County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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 27, 1992, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garza County, TX, Lynn County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:04 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Lynn, TX | |
| May 27, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Garza, 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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, May 27, 4:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-272215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 420 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT MOTLEY...COTTLE AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST BAILEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENT AT THIS TIME. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF THUNDERSTORM FORMATION THROUGH THEIR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-272325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 523 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT MOTLEY...COTTLE AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 520 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST BAILEY COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM JUST DEVELOPED OVER HOCKLEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STORMS NOW LOCATED IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY BY 630 PM CDT. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF THUNDERSTORM FORMATION IN THEIR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-280025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 625 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT MOTLEY...COTTLE AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN LAMB COUNTY NEAR THE CASTRO-LAMB COUNTY LINE. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF EARTH IN LAMB COUNTY AT 615 PM CDT. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO HALE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND REACH THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW AROUND 730 PM CDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST DEVELOPED IN YOAKUM COUNTY JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF PLAINS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 62 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb, Lubbock | 68 min |
| May 27, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 63 min |
| May 27, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hale | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:50 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.