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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 29, 1997Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1997, 7:24 PM CDT for Lynn 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
May 29, 1997, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
51 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 00:25 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 29, 8:07 PM CDTHail 0.75Odonnell, 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, 0.4 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 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 1997-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 300024 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC305-300115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
724 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...LYNN COUNTY
 
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TAHOKA OR 4 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF GRASSLAND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
     GRASSLAND         BY  725 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...6DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn46 min
May 29, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBSwisher64 min
May 29, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer64 min
May 29, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall65 min
May 29, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher46 min
May 29, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro64 min
May 29, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
May 29, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher31 min
May 30, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb30 min
May 30, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher35 min
May 30, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher34 min
May 30, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale61 min
May 30, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd35 min
May 30, 3:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale30 min
May 30, 3:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBFloyd31 min
May 30, 3:54 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby31 min
May 30, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.