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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 20, 1992Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 20, 1992, 1:06 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 1992, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 201807
TORLBB
TXC279-201845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
106 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTY
 
AT 104 PM CDT...THE OLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTH OF OLTON. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR. PERSONS IN OLTON SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.

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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.