Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987 An Evaluation of the Warning System (1991) / Chapter Skim
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3 Tornado Warning Activities
3 Tornado Warning Activities
Pages 18-21
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The early morning West Texas Forecast Discussion issued by the National Weather Service Forecast Office at Lubbock at 3:41 a.m. noted the 24-hour LI prog2 of more than minus 6 in its southern zones (see Appendix D)
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It noted that very strong moisture convergence was located with a cell along the New Mexico and Texas border due west of Lubbock "with minus 10 surface lifted index feeding into it from the south." The Reeves County storm maintained itself with little movement and by 6:05 p.m. was back to 44,000 feet.
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The EOC is activated for tornado warnings but not normally for severe thunderstorm or flash flood warnings. The two tornado reports logged in the NWS Midland's severe weather logs came from storm spotters and from the Pecos DPS.
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It was developed to meet requirements for continuous quantitative data output. The radar video signals resulting from precipitation echoes are integrated in 1-nautical-mile segments over a range of 115 nautical miles and displayed on the radar planned position indicator (PPI)
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