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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 11, 1994Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1994, 1:52 AM CDT for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1994, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terry County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KLBB 110653
SVRLUB
TXC445-110800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
152 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...TERRY COUNTY
 
AT 152 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT
OF EASTERN YOAKUM COUNTY INTO SOUTHWESTERN TERRY COUNTY. IT
WAS CENTERED 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BROWNFIELD AND WAS
MOVING EAST ABOUT 15 MPH.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum63 min
May 11, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum37 min
May 11, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock60 min
May 11, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry22 min
May 11, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn68 min
May 11, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn28 min
May 11, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent59 min
May 11, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza35 min
May 11, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum47 min
May 11, 9:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBTerry3 hr
May 11, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry49 min
May 11, 10:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock2 hr
May 11, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock2 hr
May 11, 11:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn2 hr
May 11, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn2 hr
May 11, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza40 min
May 11, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby, Garza3 hr
May 11, 1:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn, Terry3 hr
May 11, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBDickens3 hr
May 11, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock3 hr
May 11, 3:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby2 hr
May 11, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn2 hr

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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.