Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 4, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochran County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cochran, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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, Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 347 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULESHOE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF OLTON. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS. BRIEF HEAV&Y RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 414 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HOCKLEY COUNTY NEAR LEVELLAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC. HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING OR OTHER SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Cochran | 117 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.