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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 8, 1997Garza County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1997, 9:11 PM CDT for Garza County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 8, 1997, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
49 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 02:12 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 8, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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 1997-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2593 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
2593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum45 min
May 8, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran49 min
May 8, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBYoakum48 min
May 8, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran44 min
May 8, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry50 min
May 8, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock32 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.