Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

Issued

May 4, 2001, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lubbock, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Swisher County, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
101 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  SWISHER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 100 AM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG A LINE 
FROM SOUTHWEST HALE COUNTY...THROUGH NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY AND OVER 
MOST OF HALL COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 3, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
930 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED DURING PAST HOUR AND SITUATION LOOKS TO
BE EVOLVING INTO HEAVY RAIN THREAT WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET AND
LOTS OF JUICY AREA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE
AREA. DRY LINE HAS RETREATED INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHILE COLD
FRONT HAS REMAINED QUASI-STATIONARY FROM THE EASTERN PANHANDLE INTO
THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. HAVE DECIDED TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IN ZONE UPDATE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS AIRMASS SLOWLY STABILIZES TOWARD
MIDNIGHT. STILL A FEW LARGE HAIcL REPORTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.LUB...NONE.

JAMES

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.