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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 19, 2013Childress County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 19, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2013, 8:02 AM CDT
In force
9 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 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at Childress 10N (CHLT2). The gauge peaked at 9.95 ft at Jun 20, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate101506/1906/2006/21
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 Jun 19, 3:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

TXZ021>044-201700-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAINLY OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH A THREAT FOR GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND LOCAL FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
153 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0101 PM     FLOOD            15 NE PADUCAH           34.17N 100.12W
06/19/2013                   COTTLE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 104 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL PLACES

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300379

GDS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
159 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1152 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FLOMOT                  34.23N 100.99W
06/19/2013                   MOTLEY             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOMOT AREA HAS NUMEROUS TREES AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN.
            TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300380

GDS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

TXZ044-191945-
STONEWALL-
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH STONEWALL  COUNTY...

AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL STONEWALL COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3295 9999 3296 10022 3297 10040 3327 10031
      3321 9998 3296 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 289DEG 22KT 3313 10024

05
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
211 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      13 E SILVERTON          34.47N 101.08W
06/19/2013                   BRISCOE            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HEAVY RAIN HAD CAUSED A ROCK SLIDE ON TO HIGHWAY 256
            EAST OF SILVERTON.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1300381

GDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall25 min
Jun 19, 8:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHall2 hr
Jun 19, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall29 min
Jun 19, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHall112 min
Jun 19, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall25 min
Jun 19, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall26 min
Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley6 hr
Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley28 min
Jun 19, 10:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley2 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley36 min
Jun 19, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall, Motley30 min
Jun 19, 12:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley3 hr
Jun 19, 12:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley2 hr
Jun 19, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall35 min
Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall37 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley27 min
Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley21 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley43 min
Jun 19, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley22 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Hockley3 hr
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley62 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley29 min
Jun 19, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb, Parmer35 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry63 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn, Terry37 min
Jun 19, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer47 min
Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley3 hr
Jun 19, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer3 hr
Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry29 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.