Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1995, 10:52 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 1995, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crosby County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 030352 RRA SVRLBB TXC107-030445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1052 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN CROSBY COUNTY AT 1050 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF LORENZO IN WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 2, 7:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-030120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 718 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM BAILEY COUNTY TO EXTREME NORTHERN LAMB COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE IN BAILEY COUNTY WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORM JUST NORTH OF SPRINGLAKE IN LAMB COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO AROUND 25 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BY 745 PM CDT AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF GOODLAND AND MAPLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL ALSO A POSSIBILITY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. TAKE PRECAUTIONS EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TMT
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-030120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 718 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM BAILEY COUNTY TO EXTREME NORTHERN LAMB COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE IN BAILEY COUNTY WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORM JUST NORTH OF SPRINGLAKE IN LAMB COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO AROUND 25 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BY 745 PM CDT AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF GOODLAND AND MAPLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL ALSO A POSSIBILITY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. TAKE PRECAUTIONS EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TMT
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-030320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 920 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM FOR NORTHERN HOCKLEY AND SOUTHERN LAMB COUNTIES... AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLEFIELD NEAR THE LAMB/HOCKLEY COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVR NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY WEST OF PLAINVIEW NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF HALFWAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-030345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 943 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HOCKLEY AND SOUTHERN LAMB COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM NORTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTY NEAR WHITHARRAL NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR PLAINVIEW IN HALE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WHITHARRAL AND OVER SOUTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ027>030-033>036-039>042-030425- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1025 PM CDT SUN APR 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF NEW DEAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY NEAR HALE CENTER AND OVER FLOYD COUNTY NEAR LOCKNEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS BY MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 37 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.