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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 15, 2016Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2016, 6:25 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
Jun 15, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2016, 8:30 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), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 435 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-306 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WGUS54 KLUB 152325
FFWLUB
TXC191-160130-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FF.W.0007.160615T2325Z-160616T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
625 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 430 PM AND 615 PM ACROSS A LARGE AREA BETWEEN
  TURKEY...BRICE...AND LAKEVIEW. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS
  THIS AREA DUE TO A VERY SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRICE AND LAKEVIEW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10068 3445 10095 3473 10094 3474 10067

$$

07
1 follow-up statement
265 
WGUS74 KLUB 160011
FFSLUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
711 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

TXC191-160130-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160616T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALL TX-
711 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY...

AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WESTERN HALL COUNTY.
RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL UP TO THREE INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND
CURRENT ACTIVITY IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES
PER HOUR WHICH WILL ONLY ENHANCE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. FLASH
FLOODING MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRICE AND LAKEVIEW AND LOCATIONS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN
BRICE AND TURKEY. 

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10068 3445 10095 3473 10094 3474 10067

$$

SC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King39 min
Jun 14, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley25 min
Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King51 min
Jun 14, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King54 min
Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King32 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall35 min
Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall57 min
Jun 15, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Swisher56 min
Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHall2 hr
Jun 15, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley27 min
Jun 15, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall61 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley32 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley44 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall59 min
Jun 15, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lubbock28 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb24 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.