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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 4, 1995Hale County, Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1995, 3:08 PM CDT for Hale County, Hockley County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1861 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 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
1861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 042008
FFWLBB
TXC189-219-303-042315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
308 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY...HOCKLEY COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS NEAR THE ANTON AREA IN NORTHEAST HOCKLEY COUNTY. SINCE 2 PM...
NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAS FALLEN AROUND ANTON...AND IN
NORTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTY NORTHWEST OF SHALLOWATER. STORMS CONTINUE TO
MOVE ACROSS HOCKLEY...SOUTHWEST HALE...AND NORTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTIES.
FLOODING IS LIKELY AS A RESULT OF THE PAST...AND CONTINUED...HEAVY
RAINFALL.
 
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, Jun 4, 11:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ027>043-041915-

SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1111 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS MORNING.  VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS PREVAIL OVER THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL OF
QUICKLY BECOMING SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ027>043-041915-

SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1111 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS MORNING.  VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS PREVAIL OVER THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL OF
QUICKLY BECOMING SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley29 min
Jun 4, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent66 min
Jun 4, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens65 min
Jun 4, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn49 min
Jun 4, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock35 min
Jun 4, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza58 min
Jun 4, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens54 min
Jun 4, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley44 min
Jun 4, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing57 min
Jun 4, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle65 min
Jun 4, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing13 min
Jun 4, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley43 min
Jun 4, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle38 min
Jun 4, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale59 min
Jun 4, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock45 min
Jun 4, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCottle2 hr
Jun 4, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley64 min
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley45 min
Jun 4, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lubbock64 min
Jun 4, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry61 min
Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley27 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale62 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry62 min
Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock69 min
Jun 4, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby50 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd62 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley57 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale60 min
Jun 4, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry56 min
Jun 4, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens56 min
Jun 4, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn67 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock34 min
Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.