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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 25, 1996Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1996, 6:42 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 11 reports 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 25, 1996, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 25, 6:49 PM CDTHail 1.75Tahoka, TX
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Tahoka, TX
May 25, 7:05 PM CDTTornado F0Tahoka, TX
May 25, 7:09 PM CDTHail 0.75Odonnell, TX
May 25, 7:13 PM CDTHail 0.75Draw, TX
May 25, 7:14 PM CDTHail 1Draw, TX
May 25, 7:14 PM CDTTornado F0Wilson, TX
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Draw, TX
May 25, 7:17 PM CDTHail 2Draw, TX
May 25, 7:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindOdonnell, TX
May 25, 7:30 PM CDTHail 2Odonnell, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1602 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-315 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 252343
TORLBB
TXC305-260030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...LYNN COUNTY
 
AT 639 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 6 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 380...10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAHOKA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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.

$$

JJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher31 min
May 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher35 min
May 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Parmer34 min
May 25, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum50 min
May 25, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer49 min
May 25, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer47 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry62 min
May 25, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLynn, Terry48 min
May 25, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum47 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.