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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 8, 2015Childress County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2015, 4:06 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2015, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 21:10 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 river

Written for the forecast point Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at Childress 10N (CHLT2).

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 May 7, 6:21 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:21 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley27 min
May 8, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb35 min
May 8, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb34 min
May 8, 10:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher3 hr
May 8, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd29 min
May 8, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale, Swisher46 min
May 8, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley38 min
May 8, 11:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Hall, Motley, Swisher3 hr
May 8, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley47 min
May 8, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley51 min
May 8, 12:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley3 hr
May 8, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress48 min
May 8, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock45 min
May 8, 2:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock88 min
May 8, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn48 min
May 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock41 min
May 8, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock50 min
May 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle26 min
May 8, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens42 min
May 8, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, Kent35 min
May 8, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall50 min
May 8, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley3 hr
May 8, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing, Stonewall24 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing, Stonewall29 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.