Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1992, 2:10 AM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1992, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1992, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lubbock County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 010713 FFWLBB TXC303-011015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 210 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...LUBBOCK COUNTY AT 200 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER THE LUBBOCK AREA. ALMOST AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED AT THE LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD HAD OCCURRED ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS IN SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 31, 8:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 849 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FORg UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1247 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN COCHRAN AND WESTERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... AT 1234 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES FROM JUST NORTH OF LEVELLAND TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLEDSOE. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER BAILEY COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF NEEDMORE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...MAINLY BAILEY...COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 69 min |
| May 31, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 61 min |
| May 31, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 68 min |
| May 31, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran | 65 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 69 min |
| May 31, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 39 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.