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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 11, 1994Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1994, 10:29 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1994, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2366 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 120331
TORLBB
TXC279-120345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1029 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTY
 
AT 1025 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
OLTON IN LAMB COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED
 
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, Jun 11, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-120220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
819 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE CENTRAL
AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
   SOUTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...

AT 805 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY NEAR LOCKNEY...MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

ANOTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN HOCKLEY
COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LOCKETTVILLE.  THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL TERRY COUNTY
JUST NORTHEAST OF LOCKETTVILLE.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL COCHRAN COUNTY NEAR BLEDSOE...BETWEEN
PLAINS AND DENVER CITY IN YOAKUM COUNTY AND OVER MUCH OF LYNN COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO
20 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

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...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:05 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-120405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1004 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE CENTRAL
   AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF
   1000 PM CDT...

AT 955 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM WESTERN TERRY
COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO LYNN AND GARZA COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN TERRY COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD AND JUST NORTHWEST OF NEW MOORE.  MOVEMENT OF
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS IN
CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES NORTH OF BAILEY LAMB AND HALE COUNTIES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH
PLAINS BY 1100 PM CDT.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley60 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd68 min
Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley31 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd29 min
Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry38 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry43 min
Jun 11, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale31 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.