Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 10:55 PM CDT for Hockley County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 28, 1997, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1997, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hockley County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643
WUUS1 KLBB 290356 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC219-290445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
...SOUTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTY
AT 1053 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK
DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF LEVELLAND MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
LOCKETTVILLE BY 1110 PM CDT
ROPESVILLE BY 1115 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.
VALDEZWhat 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 28, 5:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-290025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 519 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER- BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN AND GARZA. 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...AND POST. 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 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
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-290025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 519 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER- BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN AND GARZA. 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...AND POST. 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 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 INFOfRMED THIS EVENING BY LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. EOS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ045>054-059>073-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 524 PM CDT (424 PM MDT) WED MAY 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN OF TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS...GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK... AND FOR LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO. SOME CITIES AND COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE MIDLAND...ODESSA...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...LAMESA...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS BIG SPRING...WINK...AND KERMIT. 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 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.
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-290025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 529 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER- BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN AND GARZA. 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...AND POST. 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 63 min |
| May 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 60 min |
| May 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 47 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 44 min |
| May 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 62 min |
| May 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 64 min |
| May 28, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 32 min |
| May 29, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 16 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.