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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 6, 1997Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1997, 7:18 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 6, 1997, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1997, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Parmer County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 7:20 PM CDTHail 1Friona, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1294 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
14.2

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro66 min
May 6, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro51 min
May 6, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer62 min
May 6, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro65 min
May 6, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher64 min
May 6, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale63 min
May 7, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale50 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.