Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1992, 6:01 PM CDT for Crosby County, Garza County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 9, 1992, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crosby County, TX, Garza County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Crosby, TX | |
| Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 12:00Z, 11.0 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 092303 SVRLBB TXC107-169-092345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 601 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...SOUTHEASTERN CROSBY COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN GARZA COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE CROSBY AND GARZA COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALGARY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 9, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... AT 240 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN BAILEY AND WESTERN LAMB COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SUNDAN IN LAMB COUNTY AND NEAR NEEDMORE IN BAILEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... AT 320 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SUDAN AND NEAR OLTON IN LAMB COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN BAILEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSmIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 405 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COCHRAN...YOAKUM AND TERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 400 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HALE CENTER IN HALE COUNTY...AND 6 MILES NORTH OF RALLS IN CROSBY COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER LAMB AND BAILEY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. AT 330 PM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN SUDAN. GUSTY SURFACE WIND...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORM. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COCHRAN...YOAKUM AND TERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HALE CENTER IN HALE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER LAMB... LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTY SURFACE WIND...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF HALE CENTER IN HALE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN BAILE4Y...CROSBY...LUBBOCK AND LYNN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. AT 457 PM CDT STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL 8 MILES EAST OF HALE CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-092335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 535 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 532 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF ABERNATHY...AND ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CROSBY...DICKENS AND LYNN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Floyd | 115 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.