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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1998, 7:33 PM CDT for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 7, 1998, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1998, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Parmer County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:58 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bovina, TX | |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Hail 2.25 | Bovina, TX | |
| Jun 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lazbuddie, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038
WFUS1 KLBB 080034 RRA
TORLBB
TXC369-080135-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
733 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PARMER COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
* UNTIL 835 PM CDT
* AT 731 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRIONA OR 12 MILES WEST OF BOVINA MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION(S) MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADO...
BOVINA AND FRIONA
IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GW/DBWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 534 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1998 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-YOAKUM AND TERRY. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE FRIONA-DIMMITT-MORTON- MULESHOE-LITTLEFIELD-LEVELLAND-DENVER CITY AND BROWNFIELD. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG THE DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND... WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INFORMED BY KEEPING ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 09
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 534 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1998 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-YOAKUM AND TERRY. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE FRIONA-DIMMITT-MORTON- MULESHOE-LITTLEFIELD-LEVELLAND-DENVER CITY AND BROWNFIELD. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG THE DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND... WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INFORMED BY KEEPING ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 77 min |
| Jun 7, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 33 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.