Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

Jul 27, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 1990, 8:12 PM CDT

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lubbock County, TX

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

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
615 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...LUBBOCK COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF LUBBOCK COUNTY
DURING THE LAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED
IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK...WITH 1.50 INCHES RECEIVED AT THE LUBBOCK
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 6 PM CDT.  THE LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTS STREET FLOODING AT ALL MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY AT 6 PM CDT.
 
AT 610 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WERE
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN TERRY AND NORTHWEST LYNN COUNTIES AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AROUND 7 PM CDT...OR SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
 
DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM EARLIER RAINS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING.
 
 
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.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
230 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 225 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOME WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH
OF TOKIO IN NORTHERN YOAKUM COUNTY...2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEFACE IN
SOUTHEAST COCHRAN COUNTY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK IN LUBBOCK
COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
530 PM FRIDAY JULY 27 1990

AT 525 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST AND THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS.  HEAVY
RAIN WAS REPORTED LUBBOCK...MOTLEY...AND CROSBY COUNTIES.

OVER THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF MORE THAN 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LUBBOCK.  WIDESPREAD STREET HAS
ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME CARS STALLED ON CITY STREETS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID AREAS WERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.
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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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