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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 25, 1996Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1996, 9:09 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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, 9:30 PM CDTHail 1Girard, TX
May 25, 9:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGirard, 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2089 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
2089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 260211
TORLBB
TXC263-260245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...EASTERN KENT COUNTY
 
AT 908 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER
RADAR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAYTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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 SUCHp AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

$$

TMT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza, Lynn47 min
May 25, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry47 min
May 25, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum49 min
May 25, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza32 min
May 25, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn47 min
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent61 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley49 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum50 min
May 25, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby49 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry49 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley48 min
May 25, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock32 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing50 min
May 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock62 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn47 min
May 25, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing33 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 25, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran59 min
May 25, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
May 25, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby64 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley63 min
May 25, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens62 min
May 25, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens33 min
May 26, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb34 min
May 26, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum50 min
May 26, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock47 min
May 26, 12:26 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King, Motley34 min
May 26, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle49 min
May 26, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale50 min
May 26, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd50 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock66 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock66 min
May 26, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn50 min
May 26, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley61 min
May 26, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock49 min
May 26, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress63 min
May 26, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd63 min
May 26, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock46 min
May 26, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd49 min
May 26, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley49 min
May 26, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle57 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.