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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 2, 1999Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1999, 7:47 PM CDT for Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1999, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1999, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Swisher County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1999-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3151 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 1999-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
3151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

731 
WFUS1 KLBB 030049 RRA
TORLBB
TXC437-030115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
747 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SWISHER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST
  OF TULIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE TULIA.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3473 10199 3438 10198 3443 10150 3474 10149

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro31 min
Jun 2, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran46 min
Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb51 min
Jun 2, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro39 min
Jun 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher29 min
Jun 2, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum27 min
Jun 2, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher53 min
Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry61 min
Jun 2, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn49 min
Jun 2, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby50 min
Jun 2, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley49 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.