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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 15, 1998Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1998, 1:34 AM CDT for Hall 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 15, 1998, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1998, 2:10 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 1998-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
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

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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, May 14, 9:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 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, 3 hours 7 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, 3 hours 7 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, 1 hour 27 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:26 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-035>038-041>044-150830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
126 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN WEST TEXAS...LUBBOCK-LYNN-FLOYD AND CROSBY.  THE LINE OF
STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
HAS ENDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS...BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-
DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT AND STONEWALL.

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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:26 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
TXZ024>026-030>032-035>038-041>044-150830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
126 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN WEST TEXAS...LUBBOCK-LYNN-FLOYD AND CROSBY.  THE LINE OF
STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
HAS ENDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS...BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-
DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT AND STONEWALL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens43 min
May 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress45 min
May 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley31 min
May 14, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza34 min
May 14, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress36 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley32 min
May 14, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBChildress118 min
May 14, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress50 min
May 14, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress33 min
May 15, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza47 min
May 15, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd47 min
May 15, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe48 min
May 15, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, Motley47 min
May 15, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza33 min
May 15, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent35 min
May 15, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.