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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1997, 4:43 PM CDT for Cochran County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 14, 1997, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochran County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 142144 TORLBB TXC079-142230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 443 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS ...COCHRAN COUNTY AT 440 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE BAILEY COUNTY SHERIFF JUST SOUTH OF WHITEFACE...MOVING NORTH. PERSONS IN WHITEFACE ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! 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. JWL/WGH &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 14, 12:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ021>044-142000- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1223 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXTREMELY MOIST TROPICAL AIR OVER WEST TEXAS TODAY HAS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH INSTABILITIES OVER THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY... SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ021>044-142000- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1223 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXTREMELY MOIST TROPICAL AIR OVER WEST TEXAS TODAY HAS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH INSTABILITIES OVER THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY... SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ041-142035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 314 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 AT 310 PM...55 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED WERE REPORTED BY A WEATHER SERVICE COOP-OBSERVER IN NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ041-142035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 314 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 AT 310 PM...55 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED WERE REPORTED BY A WEATHER SERVICE COOP-OBSERVER IN NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TXZ033-142110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 351 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 AT 350 PM...CHANNEL 11 TELEVISION STATION REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS FALLING IN WHITEFACE.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
TXZ033-142110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 351 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 AT 350 PM...CHANNEL 11 TELEVISION STATION REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS FALLING IN WHITEFACE.(
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 2 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.