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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 2, 1995Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 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 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 030439
TORLBB
TXC303-030515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1137 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
 
AT 1137 PM...LUBBOCK RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOWED A POSSIBLE
DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
OR JUST EAST OF SHALLOWATER.  PUBLIC REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL
SIZED WERE RECEIVED AT 1128 PM.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN ITS PATH SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran29 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb26 min
Jun 2, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum64 min
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBYoakum45 min
Jun 2, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb37 min
Jun 2, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Terry57 min
Jun 2, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock55 min
Jun 2, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley38 min
Jun 2, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn34 min
Jun 2, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock43 min
Jun 2, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock52 min
Jun 3, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd53 min
Jun 3, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale16 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.