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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 9, 1996Lynn County, Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1996, 7:53 PM CDT for Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 9, 1996, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1996, 8:25 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 9, 8:15 PM CDTHail 1.75New Home, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1996-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2621 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
2621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock49 min
May 9, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd61 min
May 9, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd28 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.