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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1992, 8:23 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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 8, 1992, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamb County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:03 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lamb, 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, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 090125 TORLBB TXC279-090230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 823 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...LAMB COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF FIELDTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 8, 3:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 327 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 325 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICTAED NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS. STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10-20 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATHENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISON STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 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, 8:33 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 |
| Jun 9, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 44 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.