Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

May 25, 1996, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 1996, 5:20 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Parmer County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 252134
TORLBB
TXC369-252220-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
433 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

   ...PARMER COUNTY
 
AT 432 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRIONA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... FRIONA.

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.

$$

RCB

In the hours before

TXZ021>044-252000-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1132 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS.

A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS.  AFTER THE
LOW CLOUDS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING
DISSIPATE...STRONG SURFACE HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL RESULT IN THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE.  AS A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER ARIZONA MOVES CLOSER
TO WEST TEXAS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THEN SPREAD
EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN
ADDITION...THE WIND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES WITH A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

ALL PERSONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES.  LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO pFOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE PREPARED
FOR ACTIVATION.

RCB

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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.