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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 25, 1998Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1998, 8:49 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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 25, 1998, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1998, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lynn County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 8:51 PM CDTHail 2.75Tahoka, TX
May 25, 9:00 PM CDTTornado F0Draw, 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 25, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 260149 RRA
TORLBB
TXC305-260235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
849 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LYNN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 935 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF TAHOKA OR 1 MILE NORTHEAST
  OF O'DONNELL MOVING EAST AT 15 MFPH.

* THE COMMUNITY OF DRAW IN SOUTHEAST LYNN COUNTY MAY BE IN THE
  PATH OF THIS STORM.

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry65 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn62 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry31 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall62 min
May 25, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn49 min
May 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent35 min
May 25, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza61 min
May 25, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall64 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.