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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 16, 1992Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1992, 4:09 PM CST for Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 16, 1992, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1992, 5:00 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crosby County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 4:28 PM CSTHail 0.75Crosby, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 1992-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 162211
TORLBB
TXC107-303-162300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
409 PM CST MON MAR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY...EASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A TORNADO
IN EASTERN LUBBOCK AND WESTERN CROSBY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens38 min
Mar 16, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens29 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.