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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 8, 1998Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 5:10 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
May 8, 1998, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Stonewall County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Aspermont, TX
May 8, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Aspermont, TX
May 8, 5:43 PM CDTHail 1.75Old Glory, 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
May 8, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-05-08Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

793 
WUUS1 KLBB 082212 RRA
SVRLBB
TXC433-082300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
510 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STONEWALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ASPERMONT OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF PEACOCK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE:
         PEACOCK                     AROUND 515 PM CDT
         SWENSON                     AROUND 525 PM CDT
         ASPERMONT                   AROUND 525 PM CDT
         OLD GLORY                   AROUND 535 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

JV

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, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens36 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, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing47 min
May 8, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall48 min
May 8, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBStonewall51 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.