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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 28, 1992Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1992, 1:42 AM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 28, 1992, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1992, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 1:43 AM CDTHail 1.75Lamb, TX
Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDTHail 0.88Lamb, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2827 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.8

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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 27, 7:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-280145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
746 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCHES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS
UNTIL 1000 PM AND FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...

AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN NEW
MEXICO. THESE STORMS MAY AFFECT THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS LATER THIS
EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH
PLAINS SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PLANS NOW. BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GW
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-280215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
814 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL
1000 PM AND FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WAS DETECTED BETWEEN FARWELL AND CLOVIS. THIS STORM MAY MOVE INTO
BAILEY COUNTY BY 900 PM.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PLANS. BE READY
TO MOVE TO SHELTER QUICKLY IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE TOWARD
YOUR AREA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey65 min
Jun 27, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey35 min
Jun 27, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey66 min
Jun 27, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley69 min
Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey41 min
Jun 27, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley59 min
Jun 28, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley49 min
Jun 28, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey60 min
Jun 28, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey66 min
Jun 28, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley67 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.