Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1998, 4:08 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 1998, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Castro County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hart, TX | |
| Oct 1, 4:32 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Hart, TX |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
512
WUUS1 KLBB 012109 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC069-012155-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
408 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CASTRO COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
* UNTIL 455 PM CDT
* AT 406 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SPOTTERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH QUARTER-SIZED HAIL
16 MILES SOUTH OF DIMMITT OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HART MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE:
HART AROUND 420 PM CDT
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
JVWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Oct 1, 1:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ021>044-012000- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 124 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS... EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. A COLD FRONT HAS VIRTUALLY STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. AT 1 PM...THERE WAS ALMOST A 30 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMARILLO AND CHILDRESS. OTHER INGREDIENTS WILL COME TOGETHER ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO CAUSE POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA AT MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LV
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 1:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ021>044-012000- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 124 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS... EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. A COLD FRONT HAS VIRTUALLY STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. AT 1 PM...THERE WAS ALMOST A 30 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMARILLO AND CHILDRESS. OTHER INGREDIENTS WILL COME TOGETHER ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO CAUSE POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA AT MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 46 min |
| Oct 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 47 min |
| Oct 1, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 48 min |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 30 min |
| Oct 1, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
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.