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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 2, 1989Hale County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1989, 7:17 AM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1989, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hale 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

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, Jun 2, 1:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum67 min
Jun 1, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry65 min
Jun 1, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry63 min
Jun 2, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry58 min
Jun 2, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley55 min
Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran54 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBFloyd, Hale3 hr
Jun 2, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lamb65 min
Jun 2, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd59 min
Jun 2, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey45 min
Jun 2, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle58 min
Jun 2, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Motley55 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb57 min
Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens58 min
Jun 2, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley40 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock68 min
Jun 2, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLubbock44 min

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.