Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1998, 2:09 PM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Apr 26, 1998, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1998, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hale County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Hale Center, TX | A short-lived but strong (F2) tornado occurred just north of Hale Center. Two people narrowly escaped injury when their home was destroyed (they had sought shelter in a small, interior closet in this ranch-style house). The tornado also heavily damaged a vac |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 58 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.