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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 10, 1997Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1997, 7:38 PM CDT for Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Apr 10, 1997, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 1997-04-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1997-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
675 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

261 
WFUS1 KLBB 110038 RRA
TORLBB
TXC437-110140-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 840 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

   ...SWISHER COUNTY
 
AT 736 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY LUBBOCK DOPPLER
RADAR 6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TULIA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TULIA.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry32 min
Apr 10, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale, Lamb48 min
Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock36 min
Apr 10, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBSwisher3 hr
Apr 10, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLynn50 min
Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock62 min
Apr 10, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBGarza64 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb60 min
Apr 10, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher61 min
Apr 10, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale20 min
Apr 10, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock36 min
Apr 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry47 min
Apr 10, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby46 min
Apr 10, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe50 min
Apr 10, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale63 min
Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn32 min
Apr 10, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock65 min
Apr 10, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens64 min
Apr 10, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby61 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn35 min
Apr 10, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd63 min
Apr 10, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock31 min
Apr 10, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, Motley47 min
Apr 10, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby60 min
Apr 10, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle62 min
Apr 10, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn64 min
Apr 10, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock64 min
Apr 11, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley64 min
Apr 11, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd62 min
Apr 11, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby52 min
Apr 11, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent49 min

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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.