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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 17, 1996King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 1996, 9:29 PM CDT for King County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County King County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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
Sep 17, 9:37 PM CDTTornado F0Guthrie, 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, 2.5 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 00:00Z on 1996-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2692 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
2692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
18.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 180229
TORLBB
TXC269-180315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...KING COUNTY
 
AT 928 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER
RADAR 6 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GUTHRIE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15
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 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.

$$

GLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens46 min
Sep 17, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing64 min
Sep 17, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBDickens47 min
Sep 17, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens47 min
Sep 17, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King50 min
Sep 17, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing50 min
Sep 17, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKing3 hr
Sep 18, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum66 min
Sep 18, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKing3 hr
Sep 18, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn64 min
Sep 18, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKing116 min
Sep 18, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKing3 hr
Sep 18, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza47 min
Sep 18, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza49 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.