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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 1996Childress County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1996, 9:31 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1996, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1996, 10:20 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1996-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1996-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 010247
TORLBB
TXC075-191-010320-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
931 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1020 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN CHILDRESS COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY

AT 929 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER
RADAR 11 MILES WEST OF WELLINGTON OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER
RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDlY 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.

$$

PELTO/VESPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress51 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.