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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1987, 11:26 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1987, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1987, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lubbock 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBB 150426
FFWLBB
TXC303-150730-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1126 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...LUBBOCK
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK. THIS COMBINED WITH THE RAIN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AND
THE RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IS PRODUCING A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS SITITUATION.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Jul 14, 7:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
{715 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987
{...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
ALL OF THE COUNTIES ON THE SOUTH PLAINS...
AT 710 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTH
PLAINS.
AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO.
PERSONS ON THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 800 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES ON THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 755 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE NEAREST HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 75 MILES NORTH- NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY. RADAR HAS SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. PERSONS ON THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1030 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES ON THE SOUTH PLAINS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR FLOYD AND HALE COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. THE STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHERN LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES. WINDS AT THE LUBBOCK INTERNATION AIRPORT HAVE GUSTED TO 46 MPH AND WINDS NEAR 50 MPH CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT IN LUBBOCK AND CROSBY COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONALLY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL KWITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS OF SUNDAY NIGHT COMPLETELY SATURATED THE GROUND SO THAT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THE PLAYA LAKES... IS AGAIN A GOOD POSSIBLTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LOCATED IN LAMB AND BAILY COUNTIES BUT THESE HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 55 min |
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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.