Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

Apr 10, 1997, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)

Expired

Apr 10, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 102154 RRA
TORLBB
TXC069-437-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
454 PM CDT THU APR 10 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

   ...EASTERN CASTRO COUNTY
   ...WESTERN SWISHER COUNTY
 
AT 453 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER
RADAR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIMMITT OR 2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
HART MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

$$

TMT

In the hours before

TXZ021>044-102000-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1141 AM CDT THU APR 10 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH
PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS MORNING...A DRYLINE WAS LOCATED FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO
FAR WEST TEXAS.  BY MID AFTERNOON...THIS DRYLINE IS FORECAST TO MOVE
TO NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER.   ADDITIONALLY...THE APPROACH
OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING ARE
EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.  WITH ABUNDANT QUANTITIES OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM WILL BE LARGE HAIL.  ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL OVER THE SOUTH
PLAINS AND THE ROLLING PLAINS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

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.