Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1992, 6:13 PM CDT for Bailey County, Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bailey County, TX, Lamb County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 042315 FFWLBB TXC017-279-050115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 613 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...EASTERN BAILEY COUNTY...WESTERN LAMB COUNTY REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE...IN THE COMMUNITY OF SUDAN PERSONS HAVE REPORTED VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY SO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A LONGER PERIOD THAN WITH FASTER MOVING STORMS. 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;.
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 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-042115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 309 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. THE STORMS WERE NEAR ABERNATHY...NEAR MULESHOE...AND NORTHWEST OF EDMONSON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 347 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULESHOE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF OLTON. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS. BRIEF HEAV&Y RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 414 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HOCKLEY COUNTY NEAR LEVELLAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN BAILEY AND NORTHERN LAMB COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC. HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING OR OTHER SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Cochran | 117 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.