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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 58 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.