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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 6, 201522 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 6, 2015, 1:37 PM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 6, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2015, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 6, 12:58 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:58 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LUB	Parmer	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	32 min
Jul 6, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Briscoe	28 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lubbock	34 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Floyd	34 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Lubbock	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Floyd, Hale	49 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Lubbock, Lynn	41 min
Jul 6, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Crosby	24 min
Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby	28 min
Jul 6, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Lynn	22 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.