Alert archive / Texas / Areal Flood Advisories in 2021

Areal Flood Advisory 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 12, 2021Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 12, 2021, 6:07 PM CST for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2021, 6:07 PM CST (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2021, 7:33 PM CST
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Mar 12, 5:46 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:46 PM CST, 21 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 2:06 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
206 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

TXZ021>044-132015-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
206 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorm chances will increase late this afternoon and continue
tonight with the potential to bring all severe hazards. Hail up to 2
inches in diameter along with wind gusts to 65 mph will be possible.
In addition, there will be a tornado threat, mainly north and east of
a line from Dimmitt, to Plainview, to Paducah. Heavy rain across the
far southeastern Texas Panhandle could also create localized
flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Additional thunderstorms are expected to develop along a dryline
Saturday, and these storms will also have the potential to become
severe. To the west of the dryline, generally west of the I-27
corridor during mid to late afternoon Saturday, elevated fire weather
conditions may develop due to the arrival of a dry air mass and
increasing west winds.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions may develop areawide
Sunday along with very strong winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed. Please relay any
information about severe weather to the NWS while following local,
state, and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 4:43 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:16 PM CST, 51 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:22 PM CST, 45 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd45 min
Mar 12, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale39 min
Mar 12, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley26 min
Mar 12, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley63 min
Mar 12, 7:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBDickens, Motley25 min
Mar 12, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza26 min
Mar 12, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley78 min
Mar 12, 7:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley28 min
Mar 12, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza46 min
Mar 12, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle32 min
Mar 12, 9:12 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCottle2 hr
Mar 12, 9:29 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock2 hr
Mar 12, 9:52 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock113 min
Mar 12, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Lubbock59 min
Mar 12, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley25 min
Mar 13, 1:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress25 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more17 hr
Mar 13, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb38 min
Mar 13, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher23 min
Mar 13, 2:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBCastro, Swisher19 min
Mar 13, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher29 min
Mar 13, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Swisher15 min
Mar 13, 3:28 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Swisher32 min
Mar 13, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Swisher32 min
Mar 13, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBSwisher18 min
Mar 13, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Swisher20 min
Mar 13, 4:28 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher32 min
Mar 13, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd25 min
Mar 13, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn32 min
Mar 13, 4:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBFloyd24 min
Mar 13, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBBriscoe35 min
Mar 13, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby34 min
Mar 13, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBFloyd, Motley34 min
Mar 13, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn46 min
Mar 13, 5:20 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBBriscoe25 min
Mar 13, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza34 min
Mar 13, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens45 min
Mar 13, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBFloyd, Motley36 min
Mar 13, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Motley36 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Texas, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.