Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 9:59 PM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 5, 1992, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cottle County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:18 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cottle, 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 00:00Z, 3.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 33.1
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 5, 6:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF BAILEY AND LAMB COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ENOCHS IN SOUTHWEST BAILEY COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MULESHOE IN BAILEY COUNTY AND AMHERST IN LAMB COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 705 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEHMAN IN COCHRAN CUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST LAMB AND WESTERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES. STORM MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DE VELOPEMENT DURING THE EVENING...SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FLOYD...MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEFACE IN EASTERN COCHRON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER HOCKLEY COUNTY SHORTLY. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ELSEWHERE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 830 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR FLOYD...MOTLEY... AND COTTLE COUNTIES... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER HOCKLEY COUNTY BETWEEN LEVELLAND AND SMYER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INSIDE AW STRONG BUILDING OR OTHER SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 850 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR FLOYD...MOTLEY... AND COTTLE COUNTIES... AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF LUBBOCK BY 930 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHWESTERN LAMB COUNTY NORTH OF SUDAN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 918 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FLOYD...MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM WEST OF MULESHOE TO EAST OF OLTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY BY 1000 PM. STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER 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 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 31 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.