Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1998, 1:03 AM CDT for Dickens County, Kent County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 15, 1998, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1998, 1:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dickens County, TX, Kent County, TX, Motley County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Matador, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 14, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 14, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ024-030-036-042-150240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 922 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1998 CANCEL TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF BRISCOE...FLOYD...CROSBY... AND GARZA. THE COUNTIES OF HALL...CHILDRESS...MOTLEY...COTTLE... DICKENS...KING...KENT...AND STONEWALL REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. EP
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-043-044-150340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1027 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1998 CANCEL THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF HALL...CHILDRESS... MOTLEY...COTTLE...DICKENS...KING...KENT...AND STONEWALL EFFECTIVE AT 1045 PM CDT.. EP
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-043-044-150340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1027 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1998 CANCEL THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF HALL...CHILDRESS... MOTLEY...COTTLE...DICKENS...KING...KENT...AND STONEWALL EFFECTIVE AT 1045 PM CDT.. EP
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:07 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-035>038-041>044-150950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 259 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS...BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE- LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-LYNN-GARZA-KENT AND STONEWALL. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES...LUBBOCK- FLOYDADA-CROSBYTON-TAHOKA-ASPERMONT-DICKENS-GUTHRIE-MEMPHIS- SILVERTON-CHILDRESS-MATADOR-PADUCAH-GUTHRIE-POST AND JAYTON. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHEN MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA...ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 43 min |
| May 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 45 min |
| May 14, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 31 min |
| May 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 34 min |
| May 14, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 36 min |
| May 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 32 min |
| May 14, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Childress | 118 min |
| May 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 50 min |
| May 14, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 33 min |
| May 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 47 min |
| May 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 47 min |
| May 15, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 48 min |
| May 15, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 33 min |
| May 15, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 36 min |
| May 15, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 35 min |
| May 15, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 47 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.