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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 26, 1998Crosby County, Floyd County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1998, 3:03 PM CDT for Crosby County, Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 26, 1998, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1998, 3:35 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDTHail 1.75Cone, TX
Apr 26, 3:40 PM CDTTornado F0Ralls, TXA brief weak tornado was reported by the Crosby County Sheriff's Office.

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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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.

039 
WFUS1 KLBB 262005 RRA
TORLBB
TXC107-153-262035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
303 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
  SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 335 PM CDT

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION(S) MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADO...
         CONE                        AROUND 325 PM CDT

* AT 302 PM CDT... A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF FLOYDADA OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONE... INDICATED BY NWS
  DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb62 min
Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer33 min
Apr 26, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro35 min
Apr 26, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale66 min
Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer50 min
Apr 26, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock48 min
Apr 26, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent31 min
Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher35 min
Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd50 min
Apr 26, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent, Stonewall46 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBStonewall35 min
Apr 26, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent48 min
Apr 26, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Parmer33 min
Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey30 min
Apr 26, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb64 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley58 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.