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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 2, 1986Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT for Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1986, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lynn County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 909 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd3 hr
Oct 2, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBGarza3 hr
Oct 2, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCottle, King3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

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.