Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1987, 7:35 AM CDT for Garza County, Lynn County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1987, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1987, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garza County, TX, 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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 281235
FFWLBB
TXC169-305-281430-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
735 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT AND A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...GARZA...LYNN
RAINFALL REPORTS AND RADAR INFORMATION CONFIRMS THAT A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN INTO LYNN AND GARZA
COUNTIES IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, May 28, 2:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 245 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR COTTLE LUBBOCK...CROSBY...DICKENS...KING...YOAKUM...TERRY...LYNN...GARZA AND KENT COUNTIES....THEN AT 3 AM IT WILL BE REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL THE COUNTIES ON THE SOUTH PLAINS AND WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COTTLE...DICKENS GARZA...KENT AND KING COUNTIES... AT 235 AM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER HOCKLEY AND TERRY COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR BROWNFIELD. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO EXIST FOR FLOODING IN EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD ANY OF THE CURRENT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAKE IT INTO THAT AREA. ANOTHER SERIES OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO MIDLAND PART OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. THESE STORMS MAY BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR HOURS. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY, PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COTTLE...DICKENS GARZA...KENT AND KING COUNTIES... AT 320 AM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LUBBOCK AND LYNN COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE LUBBOCK AND LYNN COUNTY LINE BETWEEN WOODROW AND TAHOKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO BETWEEN JAL AND HOBBS AND EXTENDED EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR ALSO. STREAMS IN EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS CONTINUE BANKFULL SO THAT ANY OF THESE STORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THAT PART OFV THE AREA MAY CAUSE FLOODING THERE. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 420 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 410 AM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LUBBOCK...EASTERN HALE...WESTERN FLOYD AND CROSBY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO YOAKUM AND TERRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:47 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 645 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR ALL THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 640 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PLAINVIEW...BETWEEN CLAIRMONT AND JUSTICEBURG ...AND IN SOUTHERN TERRY AND LYNN COUNTIES FROM WELCH TO O'DONNEL. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME HAIL. AT 637 AM CDT...THE PLAINVIEW CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOUTH PLAINS RESIDENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY REQUIRE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY ALREADY BE ACCUMULATING WATER...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN COMMUTING THIS MORNING. PERIODIC STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 51 min |
| May 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 58 min |
| May 28, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 68 min |
| May 28, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 55 min |
| May 28, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 50 min |
| May 28, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 47 min |
| May 28, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Terry | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.