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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1992, 5:11 PM CDT for Hockley County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 13, 1992, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hockley County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hockley, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 967 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 132211 TORLBB TXC219-132245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 511 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY AT 505 PM CDT A HOCKLEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF ANTON IN NORTHEASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 I NTERIOR 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 13, 4:24 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 423 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREAY STARTED FORMING OVER THE WESTERN SOUTPLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE DAY...VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WORKEITS WAY ACROOS WEST TEXAS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE FORMATION OF A DRY LINE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO THE THUNDERSTORMS IN DEVELOPING QUICKLY...SOME BECOMING SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. ONE OF THE STORMS WAS STRONG...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED IN COCHRAN COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF LEHMAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS CAN EXPECT CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER C!ONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:32 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 429 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREAY STARTED FORMING OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE DAY...VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WORKED ITS WAY ACROOS WEST TEXAS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE FORMATION OF A DRY LINE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO AID THE THUNDERSTORMS IN DEVELOPING QUICKLY...SOME BECOMING SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. ONE OF THE STORMS WAS STRONG...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED IN COCHRAN COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF LEHMAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS CAN EXPECT CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. PERSONS SHOULHD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 63 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.