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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 16, 1997Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT for Hale County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 16, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hale County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 162212 RRA
TORLBB
TXC189-303-162245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
511 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
 
AT 509 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
3 MILES WEST OF ABERNATHY MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH ABERNATHY AND NEW DEAL BY 530 PM.

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.



GW/WH
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer33 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer48 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb46 min
Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran51 min
Jun 16, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale63 min
Jun 16, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza48 min

Nearby

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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.