Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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
- Jun 16, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 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 00:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Girard, TX | |
| Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Girard, TX | |
| Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Girard, TX | |
| Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jayton, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KLBB 170027 RRA
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TXC263-170115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
725 PM CDT MON JUN 16 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
...KENT COUNTY
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR 16 MILES WEST OF JAYTON OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLAIREMONT MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
RADAR WAS INDICATING POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS SPREADING EAST ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
CLAIREMONT BY 725 PM CDT
GIRARD BY 735 PM CDT
JAYTON BY 745 PM CDT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY 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.
WGH/RBWhat 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, Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:16 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 62 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.