Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1993, 12:29 PM CST for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1993, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1993, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terry County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 291838 COR TORLBB TXC445-291930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1229 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN TERRY COUNTY AT 1225 PM CST LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE WESTERN PART OF TERRY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF BROWNFIELD AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF GOMEZ. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. ALSO A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. 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. ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE NAME OF COUNTY IN FIRST PARAGRAPH FROM HOCKLEY TO THE CORRECT TERRY COUNTY...
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, Mar 29, 6:32 AM CST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ007>018- WEST TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 29 1993 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...ALL OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND ALL OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS A SLIGHT RISK AREA WHICH ENCOMPASSES VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS MORNING...HEADING FOR WEST TEXAS. AT THE SAME TIME...DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS MOVING TOWARD WEST TEXAS FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS. AS A DRYLINE BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS...THIS INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. CONSIDERING THE LARGE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...LARGE AND INTENSE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. ALL PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO NOAA RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR WEST TEXAS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LIKELY ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 6:35 AM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007>018-291845 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 29 1993 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...ALL OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND ALL OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS A SLIGHT RISK AREA WHICH ENCOMPASSES VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS MORNING...HEADING FOR WEST TEXAS. AT THE SAME TIME...DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS MOVING TOWARD WEST TEXAS FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS. AS A DRYLINE BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS...THIS INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. CONSIDERING THE LARGE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...LARGE AND INTENSE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. ALL PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO NOAA RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR WEST TEXAS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LIKELY ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:27 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ001>012-291830- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1125 AM CST MON MAR 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HALE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CST... AT 1115 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GENERALLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF PLAINVIEW AT 1115 AM. THE AIRMASS OVER WEST TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND UNSETTLED. THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THAN GET BETTER AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOU(R LOCAL TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 71 min |
| Mar 29, 12:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 67 min |
| Mar 29, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 51 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.