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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 26, 1992Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1992, 7:39 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 26, 1992, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 8:02 PM CDTHail 0.75Lamb, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1992-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 897 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 1992-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 270042
TORLBB
TXC017-279-270145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
739 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN BAILEY COUNTY...WESTERN LAMB COUNTY
 
AT 739 PM CDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING IN
EASTERN BAILEY COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF BULA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  RESIDENTS IN EASTERN BAILEY COUNTY AND
WESTERN LAMB COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.
 
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 26, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-262315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
515 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE
TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVIS. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 15 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BEFORE 530 PM CDT.

RESIDENTS IN WEST CAMP SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBLITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JAC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb58 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.