Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1993, 2:08 AM CDT for Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1993, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1993, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickens County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 8, 10:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ012-090425- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1024 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING... AT 1015 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LUBBOCK INDICATED ISOLATED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER BAILEY COUNTY OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS EVAPORATING BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE TO THE EAST OF AMARILLO. MOVEM,ENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 8, 11:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ012-090520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1117 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING... AT 1115 PM CDT LUBBOCK RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THE OVER NORTHWEST CORNER OF BAILEY COUNTY. ANOTHER LIGHT SHOWER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGLAKE IN LAMB COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. RAIN ALOFT...OR VIRGA...WAS CAUSING ISOLATED POCKETS OF COOLER AIR WHICH IN TURN HAS PRODUCED SOME SHORT-LIVED GUSTY WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 12:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
TXZ007>012-090605- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1204 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT 1201 AM CDT...LUBBOCK RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF CROSBYTON TO SOUTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY INTO COTTLE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR ROARING SPRINGS...NEAR PADUCAH AND 10 MILES EAST OF MATADOR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISI4ON FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ007>012-090655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1254 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CDT FOR DICKENS...KING... GARZA...AND KENT COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM CDT FOR FLOYD... MOTLEY...COTTLE...AND CROSBY COUNTIES... AT 1250 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COTTLE COUNTY ON THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHERN LYNN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN COTTLE COUNTY 8 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH...AND IN NORTHERN DICKENS COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH OF DICKENS. SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 1245 AM IN DICKENS AND AT 1250 AM IN SLATON...SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES AlRE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. &
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:05 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 64 min |
| May 9, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 50 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.