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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1997, 10:44 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 1, 1997, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1997, 11:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Floyd County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:59 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Quitaque, TX | |
| May 1, 11:34 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Floydada, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 020345 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC045-153-020450-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1044 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1150 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...BRISCOE COUNTY
IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
...FLOYD COUNTY
AT 1043 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES WEST OF QUITAQUE OR 12 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF CAPROCK CANYON ST. PARK MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
CAPROCK CANYON ST.BY 1055 PM CDT
QUITAQUE BY 1055 PM CDT
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.L
EP/GWWhat 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 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY- COTTLE-DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BRISCOE-FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A DRYLINE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FROM A FLOYDADA TO RALLS TO SLATON LINE AT 6 PM HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE HAVE BEEN LOCATED WELL EAST OF BRISCOE-HALL AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND HAVE MOVED INTO OKLAHOMA. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BRISCOE-FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DAYTIME HEATING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS MAY STILL GENERATE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP IN THIS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COULD BECOME SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HALL- CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THE DRYLINE WILL LIKELY DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OFA COLD FRONT SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. EOS
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY- COTTLE-DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BRISCOE-FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A DRYLINE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FROM A FLOYDADA TO RALLS TO SLATON LINE AT 6 PM HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE HAVE BEEN LOCATED WELL EAST OF BRISCOE-HALL AND CROSBY COUNTIES AND HAVE MOVED INTO OKLAHOMA. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BRISCOE-FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DAYTIME HEATING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS MAY STILL GENERATE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP IN THIS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COULD BECOME SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HALL- CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THE DRYLINE WILL LIKELY DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OFA COLD FRONT SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. EOS
Special weather statement, May 1, 10:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-037-038-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1014 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS- FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DICKENS AND KING COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 10 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES...CHILDRESS... FLOYDADA...MATADOR...SILVERTON...AND TURKEY UNTIL 4 AM CDT. A DRYLINE NEAR A PLAINVIEW-LITTLEFIELD-BROWNFIELD LINE AT 10 PM IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE EAST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...NOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL HELP TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES. IT DOES NOT MEAN SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AS OF 10 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. EOS
Special weather statement, May 1, 10:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-037-038-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1014 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS- FLOYD-MOTLEY AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DICKENS AND KING COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 10 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES...CHILDRESS... FLOYDADA...MATADOR...SILVERTON...AND TURKEY UNTIL 4 AM CDT. A DRYLINE NEAR A PLAINVIEW-LITTLEFIELD-BROWNFIELD LINE AT 10 PM IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE EAST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...NOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL HELP TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES. IT DOES NOT MEAN SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AS OF 10 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. EOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 48 min |
| May 1, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 63 min |
| May 1, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 48 min |
| May 1, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 21 min |
| May 1, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 64 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.