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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 1995Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:05 PM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 5:37 PM CDTTornado F0Dickens, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 052206
TORLBB
TXC125-052300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...DICKENS COUNTY
 
AT 504 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
THE DICKENS-MOTLEY COUNTY LINE 8 MILES NORTH OF MCADOO. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 5, 11:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ027>043-052210-

SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1108 AM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR EAST PART OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS.  THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CAPROCK.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER WEST TEXAS EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS.  AFTERNOON HEATING...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR A LINE
FROM CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO CHILDRESS...A SLOWLY EASTWARD MOVING DRY
LINE...AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS FROM NEW
MEXICO ALL WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED STORMS.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER THE NORTHERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS...WHERE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

MOVEMENT OF ANY STORMS GENERALLY WILL BE TO THE EAST.  OVER NORTHERN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS...THE SPEED OF
MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE 15-20 MPH.  OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS...SPEEDS
WILL BE FROM 20-25 MPH.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS
AFTERNOON.

DJF
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ027>043-052210-

SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1108 AM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR EAST PART OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS.  THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CAPROCK.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER WEST TEXAS EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS.  AFTERNOON HEATING...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR A LINE
FROM CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO CHILDRESS...A SLOWLY EASTWARD MOVING DRY
LINE...AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS FROM NEW
MEXICO ALL WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED STORMS.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER THE NORTHERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS...WHERE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

MOVEMENT OF ANY STORMS GENERALLY WILL BE TO THE EAST.  OVER NORTHERN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS...THE SPEED OF
MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE 15-20 MPH.  OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS...SPEEDS
WILL BE FROM 20-25 MPH.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS
AFTERNOON.

DJF
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ027>043-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
254 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 250 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.
ONE STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY FROM 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TO 5 MILES NORTH OF SLATON.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY NEAR WOODROW AND IN
SOUTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTY.  A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN THE
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST OF SILVERTON.  THESE STORMS SHOWED
LITTLE MOVEMENT.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS.  STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

JAMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock49 min
Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby66 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock46 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent50 min
Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing38 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd59 min
Jun 5, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd51 min
Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley58 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd45 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley35 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley30 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby22 min
Jun 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens46 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent62 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.