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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 10, 1994Hockley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1994, 10:56 PM CDT for Hockley County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 11:20 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hockley County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1994-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 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 1994-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 110358
TORLBB
TXC219-110430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1056 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM CDT...LUBBOCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST HOCKLEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST HOCKLEY COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANTON.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle47 min
Apr 10, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock54 min
Apr 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley60 min
Apr 10, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd43 min
Apr 10, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale66 min
Apr 11, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley57 min
Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock60 min
Apr 11, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd45 min
Apr 11, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale33 min

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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.