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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1995, 2:02 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hale County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 101904 TORLBB TXC189-102000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 202 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN HALE COUNTY AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING ACROSS THE LAMB-HALE COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 15 MILEWEST OF HALE CENTER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL REACH PLAINVIEW BY 345 PM CDT. 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 10, 11:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ027>043-101935- SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1129 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ALL OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... A DRYLINE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE BORDER OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM PLAINVIEW TO CHILDRESS LATE THIS MORNING AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PRESENTLY OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL ALSO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AFFECT THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ027>043-101935- SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1129 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ALL OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... A DRYLINE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE BORDER OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM PLAINVIEW TO CHILDRESS LATE THIS MORNING AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PRESENTLY OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL ALSO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AFFECT THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 47 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.