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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 29, 1997Garza County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1997, 8:19 PM CDT for Garza County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1997, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1997, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Garza County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 7:52 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-300255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
752 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1997

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH
   PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   AND PORTIONS OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-
BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-HALL-MOTLEY-DICKENS AND KENT.

SOME CITIES AND COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE
LUBBOCK...PLAINVIEW...FRIONA...DIMMITT...TULIA...SILVERTON...
MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...FLOYDADA...MORTON...LEVELLAND...CROSBYTON...
DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...POST...JAYTON...DICKENS...
MATADOR AND ESTELLINE.

AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER OR
TORNADOES ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REMAIN INFORMED THIS
EVENING BY LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL
RADIO...COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

EOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn51 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.