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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 17, 1996King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 1996, 4:14 PM CDT for King County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
Sep 17, 1996, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 1996, 5:05 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County King County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 17, 4:38 PM CDTHail 1.75Guthrie, 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-366 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 172114
TORLBB
TXC269-172205-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
414 PM CDT TUE SEP 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 505 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...KING COUNTY
 
AT 411 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
     DUMONT            BY  450 PM CDT

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IPN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

$$

GLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing46 min
Sep 17, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens51 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.