Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1990, 8:14 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1990, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 010117 FFWLBB TXC153-010415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 814 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...FLOYD COUNTY AT 814 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FLOYD COUNTY. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND SPOTTERS HAVE OBSERVED LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER FLOYD COUNTY FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. GLP
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 31, 4:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 434 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HALE...FLOYD... MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. AT 433 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 521 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HALE... FLOYD...MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTI OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HALE...WESTERN FLOYD...AND WESTERN CROSBY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND..DEADLY LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GLP
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY... AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY AND CENTRAL CROSBY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:07 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 805 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...AND COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY AND EASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN TERRY COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LYNN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
| May 31, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 60 min |
| May 31, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 58 min |
| May 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 63 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.