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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 11, 1994Lynn County, Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 1994, 1:02 PM CDT for Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1994, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum63 min
May 11, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum37 min
May 11, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock60 min
May 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry68 min
May 11, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry22 min
May 11, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn68 min
May 11, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn28 min
May 11, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent59 min
May 11, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza35 min
May 11, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum47 min
May 11, 9:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBTerry3 hr
May 11, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry49 min
May 11, 10:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock2 hr
May 11, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock2 hr
May 11, 11:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn2 hr
May 11, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn2 hr
May 11, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza40 min
May 11, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby, Garza3 hr
May 11, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBDickens3 hr
May 11, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock3 hr
May 11, 3:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCrosby2 hr
May 11, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.