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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 8, 1998Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT for Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
May 8, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1998, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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, May 8, 11:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 11:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb31 min
May 8, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale49 min
May 8, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb35 min
May 8, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale31 min
May 8, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale35 min
May 8, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher33 min
May 8, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd32 min
May 8, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King49 min
May 8, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens50 min
May 8, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall50 min
May 8, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall50 min
May 8, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing47 min
May 8, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall48 min
May 8, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBStonewall51 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.