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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
495
WGUS54 KLUB 240115
FFWLUB
TXC191-240315-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FF.W.0002.160524T0115Z-160524T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
815 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 811 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THIS STORM IS MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT RECEIVED
4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. AS SUCH RUNOFF AND FLOODING IS
LIKLY TO BEGIN VERY QUICKLY AFTER RAIN STARTS FALLING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESTELLINE AND RURAL AREAS WEST OF ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 10042 3432 10042 3433 10071 3440 10086
3456 10089
$$
LIPE2 follow-up statements
067
WGUS74 KLUB 240145
FFSLUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
845 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
TXC191-240315-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160524T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALL TX-
845 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY...
AT 842 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. SOME OF THE AREAS IMPACTED HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HALL
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3450 10042 3432 10042 3433 10071 3440 10086
3450 10087
$$
LIPE296
WGUS74 KLUB 240213
FFSLUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
913 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
TXC191-240315-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160524T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALL TX-
913 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY...
AT 907 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE SIZE OF THE
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS INCREASING. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF TURKEY. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HALL
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3450 10042 3432 10042 3433 10071 3440 10086
3450 10087
$$
LIPEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 26 min |
| May 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 45 min |
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 93 min |
| May 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent, Lynn | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | Childress, Hall | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 9 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 32 min |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Motley | 45 min |
| May 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 22 min |
| May 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 31 min |
| May 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 109 min |
| May 23, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 16 min |
| May 23, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Hall | 47 min |
| May 23, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 20 min |
| May 24, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 45 min |
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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.