Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 2, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado 0 | Flomot, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 030033 TORLBB TXC345-030115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 731 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MOTLEY COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SHOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF FLOMOT BY 745 PM CDT.. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORpNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Jul 2, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ027>043-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 423 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS UNTIL 11 PM CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY AND COTTLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...MATADOR AND PADUCAH ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST LAMB COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE AS DAYTIME HEATING PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ027>043-022310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 503 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO JUST WEST OF BAILEY COUNTY...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BY 515 PM. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE AS DAYTIME HEATING PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ027>043-022355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 549 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR KING COUNTY... AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...MAINLY OVER BAILEY...CENTRAL HALE AND FLOYD COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ027>043-030035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 630 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR KING COUNTY... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:16 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ027>043-030120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 716 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR KING COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF HALE CENTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTY IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FLOMOT BY 730 PM. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WIND...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ027>043-030120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 716 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR KING COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF HALE CENTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTY IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FLOMOT BY 730 PM. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING W IND...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, King | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.