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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 27, 2002Crosby County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2002, 7:03 PM CDT for Crosby County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2002, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crosby County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLUB 280003
FFWLBB
TXC107-280200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
702 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER RALLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF CROSBYTON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE WARNING INCLUDE CONE...RALLS AND         
  CROSBYTON

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0
6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

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

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

LAT...LON 3382 10151 3357 10153 3357 10106 3383 10105

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby47 min
May 27, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens41 min
May 27, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall45 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd47 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.