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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 30, 1998Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1998, 6:02 PM CST for Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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 30, 1998, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 1998, 6:50 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 30, 6:25 PM CSTHail 1.75Friona, TX
Oct 30, 6:36 PM CSTHail 0.88Dimmitt, TX
Oct 30, 6:40 PM CSTHail 1Friona, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 30, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 30, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1998-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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 30, 5:10 PM CST, 52 minutes before
TXZ021-022-027>029-033>035-039>041-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
510 PM CST FRI OCT 30 1998

THE NATION WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM
THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE
EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE HANDLE.

COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE:

PARMER  CASTRO  BAILEY  LAMB  HALE  COCHRAN  HOCKLEY  LUBBOCK
YOAKUM  TERRY  LYNN

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

JV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 6:18 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBParmer32 min
Oct 30, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBParmer17 min
Oct 30, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro33 min
Oct 30, 7:37 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Swisher33 min
Oct 31, 12:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBParmer3 hr
Oct 31, 2:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley31 min
Oct 31, 11:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBCastro118 min
Oct 31, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry49 min
Oct 31, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.