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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 7, 1998Parmer County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 7:58 PM CDTHail 1.75Bovina, TX
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDTHail 2.25Bovina, TX
Jun 7, 8:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Lazbuddie, 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
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 459 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 312 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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/DB

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Parmer64 min
Jun 7, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher64 min
Jun 7, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe77 min
Jun 7, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall33 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.