Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2007, 3:37 AM CDT for Hale County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 13, 2007, 3:43 AM CDT. It was in force for 77 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
- Jul 13, 2007, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2007, 3:43 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hale County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KLUB 130843 FFWLUB TXC189-131000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 337 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LOCALIZED BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN HALE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE FALLING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUALLY TRACK EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 70 AND OVER THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW...WHERE THE WEST TEXAS MESONET RECORDED 1.30 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A THIRTY MINUTE PERIOD AROUND MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 5 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE PLAINVIEW...HALFWAY...U.S. HIGHWAY 70...AND INTERSTATE 27. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3428 10206 3411 10207 3401 10157 3429 10159 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KLUB 130912 FFSLUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 410 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 TXC189-131000- HALE TX- 410 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN HALE COUNTY... AT 410 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN NUMEROUS CITY STREETS WITH WATER FLOWING ABOVE THE CURBS AND INTO YARDS AND PARKING LOTS IN PLAINVIEW. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER PLAINVIEW AND THE SURROUNDING WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR...HOWEVER...RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO PRESENT A FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH 5 AM. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3428 10206 3411 10207 3401 10157 3429 10159 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 118 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.