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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 30, 1996Cochran County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT for Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
May 30, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1996, 2:10 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cochran County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 30, 1:55 AM CDTHail 1.75Morton, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1926 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock50 min
May 30, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb59 min
May 30, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher49 min
May 30, 7:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb45 min
May 30, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent47 min
May 30, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens63 min
May 30, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry31 min
May 30, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn34 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.