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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2008, 1:54 AM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 12, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2008, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2008, 9:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Childress County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 river
Written for the forecast point Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at Childress 10N (CHLT2). The gauge peaked at 8.72 ft at Sep 11, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07299540, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 11, 8:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 8:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 4:17 PM CDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 417 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 TXZ021>044-122115- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 414 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOODING A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH 1 PM ON FRIDAY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACTS WITH A FRONT AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR ROADS...URBAN AREAS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY PROMPT ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer, Terry, Yoakum | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hale | 119 min |
| Sep 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 9 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, Motley | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Hall, Motley | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lynn, Terry | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Hall, Motley | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Garza | 116 min |
| Sep 12, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 8 more | 118 min |
| Sep 12, 7:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hall and 4 more | 109 min |
| Sep 12, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King and 2 more | 112 min |
| Sep 12, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Lynn | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 110 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.