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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1997, 7:54 PM CDT for Kent County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, TX, Stonewall County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 170055 RRA TORLBB TXC263-433-170140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 754 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 840 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS ...EASTERN KENT COUNTY ...STONEWALL COUNTY AT 752 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 6 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF JAYTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS. 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 SAFET0Y IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. WGH/GW
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 16, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ021-027-033-039-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: PARMER BAILEY COCHRAN YOAKUM. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CASTRO SWISHER BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS LAMB HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE HOCKLEY LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING TERRY LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ022-023-028-034-040-162335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: SWISHER CASTRO LAMB HOCKLEY TERRY. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRISCOE HALL CHILDRESS HALE FLOYD MOTLEY COTTLE LUBBOCK CROSBY DICKENS KING LYNN GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:16 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ024-029-030-035-041-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 715 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED: BRISCOE FLOYD HALE LUBBOCK LYNN. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: HALL CHILDRESS MOTLEY COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS KING GARZA KENT STONEWALL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.