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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 29, 2000Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2000, 11:44 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2000, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Stonewall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1912 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLUB 300444
FFWLUB
TXC433-300800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1144 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STONEWALL COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER STONEWALL COUNTY. RADAR IS ESTIMATING AT
  LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM OVER WESTERN
  STONEWALL COUNTY NEAR PEACOCK...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FURTHER
  AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.

* MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
  CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
806-745-4260.

LAT...LON 3336 10002 3338 10051 3301 10048 3300 10000

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent60 min
Apr 29, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza52 min
Apr 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley45 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens49 min
Apr 29, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza46 min
Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent45 min
Apr 29, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby51 min
Apr 29, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens62 min
Apr 29, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKent116 min
Apr 29, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent50 min
Apr 29, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley62 min
Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby39 min
Apr 29, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent53 min
Apr 29, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens49 min
Apr 29, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens24 min
Apr 29, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKent, Stonewall59 min
Apr 29, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens64 min
Apr 29, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBStonewall60 min
Apr 30, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock39 min
Apr 30, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress51 min
Apr 30, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBChildress, Hall3 hr
Apr 30, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley46 min
Apr 30, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley40 min
Apr 30, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens30 min
Apr 30, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing35 min
Apr 30, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle54 min
Apr 30, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing48 min
Apr 30, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, King28 min
Apr 30, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle35 min
Apr 30, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum52 min
Apr 30, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry25 min
Apr 30, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn42 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.