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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 8, 1997Kent County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT for Kent County, Texas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 1997-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 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 1997-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 082238
FFWLBB
TXC263-090030-

BULLETIN...EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
536 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...KENT COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST KENT COUNTY.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THAT AREA AT 530 PM CDT.  STORMS SHOULD
CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THAT AREA...ADDING TO THE RAINFALL
TOTALS. TRIBUTARIES TO THE DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK OF THE BRAZOS RIVER
MAY FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARFNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

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, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ021>044-081930-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1145 AM CDT THU MAY 8 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS.

THIS MORNINGS WEATHER MAP SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK INTO THE NORTHERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS JUST SOUTH OF CHILDRESS.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE AND AFTERNOON HEATING AID IN
PRODUCING LIFT ALONG THE FRONT.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
EAST NORTHEAST.

THERE IS A THREAT OVER THESE AREAS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
RESIDENTS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY.  SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BY MID AFTERNOON.

JAMES
Special weather statement, May 8, 11:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ021>044-081930-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1145 AM CDT THU MAY 8 1997

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS.

THIS MORNING'S WEATHER MAP SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK INTO THE NORTHERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS JUST SOUTH OF CHILDRESS.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE AND AFTERNOON HEATING AID IN
PRODUCING LIFT ALONG THE FRONT.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
EAST NORTHEAST.

THERE IS A THREAT OVER THESE AREAS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
RESIDENTS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY.  SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BY MID AFTERNOON.

JAMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale49 min
May 7, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd47 min
May 7, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd47 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale47 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock45 min
May 7, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd47 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent61 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall46 min
May 8, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent46 min
May 8, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum46 min
May 8, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.