Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1992, 7:26 PM CDT for Lamb County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1992, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 020028 FFWLBB TXC279-303-020330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 726 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...LAMB COUNTY...LUBBOCK COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUDNERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING POTENTIAL IN BOTH LAMB AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT pTO 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.
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 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 618 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN WESTERN LAMB...BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE STILL IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 618 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN WESTERN LAMB...BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE STILL IN EASTERN NEW| MEXICO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 68 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.