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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 8, 1992Floyd County, Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1992, 9:58 PM CDT for Floyd County, Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1992, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 090259
TORLBB
TXC153-189-090345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
958 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...HALE COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF ABERNATHY IN HALE COUNTY. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS INDICATED NEAR LOCKNEY IN NORTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 8 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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCE$D
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb63 min
Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale, Lamb43 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb45 min
Jun 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale60 min
Jun 8, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum58 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb67 min
Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale57 min
Jun 8, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale, Lamb2 hr
Jun 8, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale63 min
Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock61 min
Jun 8, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd115 min
Jun 9, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.