Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1992, 7:50 PM CDT for Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1992, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terry County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 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 230055 COR FFWLBB TXC445-230345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 754 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...TERRY COUNTY AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN TERRY COUNTY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLOODING. THE BROWNFIELD SHERRIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 137 BETWEEN BROWNFIELD AND LAMESA. 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, May 22, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-222015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 207 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT KENT AND KING COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR MATADOR...NEAR FLOYDADA...AND 15 MILES WEST OF BROWNFIELD. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING OR OTHER SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-222045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 250 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PL
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-222215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 408 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT KING AND KENT COUNTIES... AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY...IN SOUTHEASTERN LYNN COUNTY...AND NEAR ROPESVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS APPROACH KYOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 501 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS EXC
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 530 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT KING AND KENT COUNTIES... AT 525 PM CDT RADR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED IN WESTERN YOAKUM COUNTY JUST NORTH OF DENVER CITY...IN CENTRAL TERRY COUNTY NEAR BROWNFIELD...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY EXTENDING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. AT 515 PM CDT LOCAL MEDIA AND SPOTTERS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE SOUTH PART OF LUBBOCK NEAR SLIDE ROAD. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV..OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINVGS. JAC
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-230015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 615 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS EXCEPT KING AND KENT COUNTIES... AT 610 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE AREA COVERED MOST OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEASTRN SOUTH PLAINS INTO COTTLE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED IN CENTRAL YOAKUM COUNTY NEAR PLAINS AND IN CENTRAL MOTLEY COUNTY NEAR MATADOR. AT 545 PM CDT A REPORT OF AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD WAS RECEIVED BY AN OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIAL IN SOUTHWESTERN LUBBOCK. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 117 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.