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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1994, 5:13 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 252215 TORLBB TXC345-252245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 513 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY AT 515 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLY DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST WEST OF NORTHFIELD MOVING EAST. 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, May 25, 1:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ027>043-251955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 153 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... AT 150 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF NEEDMORE AND 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ027>043-252135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 335 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 330 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN LYNN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TAHOKA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN HOCKLEY COUNTY JUST EAST OF LEVELLAND AND MOVING INTO NORTHWEST BAILEY COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF WEST CAMP. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PLANS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TXZ027>043-252155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 350 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN LYNN COUNTY ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK BETWEEN 400 PM AND 500 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY NEAR LAKE RANSOM CANYON...NEAR ANTON IN NORTHEAST HOCKLEY COUNTY...AND IN BAILEY COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL R ADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
TXZ027>043-252310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 508 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS... ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 505 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MOTLEY COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF FLOMOT...AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATADOR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR FLOYDADA AND IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GARZA COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF POST...NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SOUTHLAND. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 430 PM CDT...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 65 min |
| May 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 63 min |
| May 25, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 43 min |
| May 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 58 min |
| May 25, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 43 min |
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.