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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 23, 2016Hall County, Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2016, 9:56 PM CDT for Hall County, Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 109 min. 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, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

445 
WGUS54 KLUB 240256
FFWLUB
TXC191-345-240445-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FF.W.0003.160524T0256Z-160524T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
956 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MOTLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA ASSOCIATED WITH A NEARLY
  STATIONARY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.   UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN.  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TURKEY AND
  NORTHFIELD.  FARM ROAD 656 BETWEEN TURKEY AND NORTHFIELD WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3452 10043 3433 10043 3433 10053 3415 10053
      3415 10092 3451 10093

$$

LIPE
1 follow-up statement
451 
WGUS74 KLUB 240340
FFSLUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1040 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

TXC191-345-240445-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160524T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOTLEY TX-HALL TX-
1040 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MOTLEY AND SOUTHERN HALL COUNTIES...

AT 1034 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
JUST NORTHEAST OF TURKEY THIS EVENING.  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.  ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH
FLOODING WAS WEAKENING AND MOVING NORTHEAST...FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RURAL
AREA EAST OF TURKEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3452 10043 3433 10043 3433 10053 3415 10053
      3415 10092 3451 10093

$$

LIPE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall26 min
May 23, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn38 min
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall45 min
May 23, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza25 min
May 23, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHall93 min
May 23, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent, Lynn30 min
May 23, 8:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLUBChildress, Hall4 hr
May 23, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHall2 hr
May 23, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall, Motley45 min
May 23, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza48 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent9 min
May 23, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall, Motley32 min
May 23, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Motley45 min
May 23, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall, Motley22 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall, Motley49 min
May 23, 9:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLUBHall, Motley31 min
May 23, 10:03 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLUBHall16 min
May 23, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall47 min
May 23, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall20 min
May 24, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.