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Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 2021Lubbock County, Lynn County, Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this areal flood advisory at May 31, 2021, 8:33 AM CDT for Lubbock County, Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2021, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2021, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1949 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.1

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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 May 31, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 2:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
240 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W MORTON              33.72N 102.83W
05/30/2021                   COCHRAN            TX   STORM CHASER

            TREES DOWN

0848 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 W MORTON              33.72N 102.81W
05/30/2021                   COCHRAN            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0850 PM     HAIL             5 W MORTON              33.72N 102.85W
05/30/2021  E1.00 INCH       COCHRAN            TX   STORM CHASER

0943 PM     FLOOD            BROWNFIELD              33.18N 102.27W
05/30/2021                   TERRY              TX   STORM CHASER

            MINOR STREET FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS IN THE CITY.

0950 PM     FLOOD            SUNDOWN                 33.46N 102.49W
05/30/2021                   HOCKLEY            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            EIGHT INCHES OF RUNNING WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 301

1036 PM     FLOOD            LEVELLAND               33.58N 102.36W
05/30/2021                   HOCKLEY            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE ROADS ACROSS HOCKLEY COUNTY UNDERWATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB2100381 LUB2100380 LUB2100385 LUB2100382 LUB2100383
LUB2100384

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
245 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021

TXZ025-026-310815-
Childress TX-Hall TX-
245 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHILDRESS AND
NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT...

At 245 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Memphis, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts to 45 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Memphis, Estelline, Lakeview and Plaska Community.

LAT...LON 3464 10016 3439 10047 3463 10081 3475 10058
      3475 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 306DEG 17KT 3469 10053

WCI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Cochran2 hr
May 30, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran60 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb80 min
May 30, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Hockley, Lamb60 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran25 min
May 30, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb55 min
May 30, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Terry, Yoakum2 hr
May 30, 9:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more2 hr
May 30, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn24 min
May 30, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb22 min
May 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn61 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock, Lynn25 min
May 30, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock49 min
May 30, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza, Kent, Lynn2 hr
May 30, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza66 min
May 30, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock79 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBGarza75 min
May 30, 11:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Hockley65 min
May 30, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry92 min
May 31, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent54 min
May 31, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley104 min
May 31, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent62 min
May 31, 1:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall2 hr
May 31, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent23 min
May 31, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent, Stonewall64 min
May 31, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall30 min
May 31, 2:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress, Hall2 hr
May 31, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall34 min
May 31, 8:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza3 hr
May 31, 8:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBYoakum67 min
May 31, 12:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley2 hr

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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.