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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Dickens, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 49 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.