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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 15, 1992Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 4:20 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 15, 1992, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hale County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 4:58 PM CDTHail 1Hale, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale40 min
Apr 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale59 min
Apr 15, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale27 min
Apr 15, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale73 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.