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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 26, 1996Cottle County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1996, 12:41 AM CDT for Cottle County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 26, 1996, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cottle County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 12:55 AM CDTTornado F0Paducah, 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1656 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
655 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.1
Supercell composite
23.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 260544
TORLBB
TXC101-260630-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1241 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...COTTLE COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH OR 3 MILES WEST OF
DELWIN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... DELWIN AND
PADUCAH.

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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

$$

TT/LV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza, Lynn47 min
May 25, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry47 min
May 25, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum49 min
May 25, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza32 min
May 25, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn47 min
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent61 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley49 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum50 min
May 25, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent36 min
May 25, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby49 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry49 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley48 min
May 25, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock32 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing50 min
May 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock62 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 25, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing33 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran59 min
May 25, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
May 25, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby64 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley63 min
May 25, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens62 min
May 25, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens33 min
May 26, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb34 min
May 26, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum50 min
May 26, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 26, 12:26 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King, Motley34 min
May 26, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale50 min
May 26, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd50 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock66 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock66 min
May 26, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn50 min
May 26, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley61 min
May 26, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock49 min
May 26, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress63 min
May 26, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd63 min
May 26, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock46 min
May 26, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd49 min
May 26, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley49 min
May 26, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle57 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.