Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 1995, 2:23 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 1995, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 171924 FFWLBB TXC303-172230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 223 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...LUBBOCK COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS LUBBOCK COUNTY. AT 215 PM...THE LUBBOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN NORTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. 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, Sep 17, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ027>043-171915- SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1112 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME HIGHLY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE HELP OF A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS. GUSTY WIND AND HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ027>043-171825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1220 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 1215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAHOKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GARZA AND KENT COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ027>043-171825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1220 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 1215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHEAST LYNN COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAHOKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GARZA AND KENT COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDExRSTORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ027>043-171925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 120 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 113 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF LORENZO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF SHALLOWATER. ANOTHER STORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN LAMB COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF EARTH. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ027>043-171925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 120 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS... AT 113 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF LORENZO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF SHALLOWATER. ANOTHER STORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN LAMB COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF EARTH. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 2:17 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ027>043-172020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 217 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CROSBY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LAMB COUNTY SOUTHEAST ACROSS LUBBOCK COUNTY AND INTO NORTHEASTERN GARZA COUNTY NORTHEAST OF POST. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL OVER WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND WAS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY AT 215 PM. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHEASTERN GARZA COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF POST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 59 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.