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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Swisher | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lubbock | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 24 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.