Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2021, 9:55 PM CDT for Floyd County, Hale 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
- Jul 15, 2021, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 136 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
125
WGUS54 KLUB 160255
FFWLUB
TXC153-189-160500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FF.W.0017.210716T0255Z-210716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
955 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Floyd County in northwestern Texas...
Southeastern Hale County in northwestern Texas...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 955 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain between Hale Center and Floydada. Up to 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 3 inches are
possible as additional thunderstorms move into the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Floyd and Southeastern Hale
Counties
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3411 10167 3411 10132 3392 10140 3387 10167
3392 10175 3402 10167
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DWK2 follow-up statements
902
WGUS74 KLUB 160357
FFSLUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1057 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
TXC153-189-160500-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Floyd TX-Hale TX-
1057 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHEASTERN HALE COUNTIES...
At 1057 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain between Hale Center and Floydada. Up to 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to one half inch are
possible as moderate rain moves through the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Floyd and Southeastern Hale
Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3411 10167 3411 10132 3392 10140 3392 10175
3402 10167
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DWK561
WGUS74 KLUB 160456
FFSLUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1156 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
TXC153-189-160506-
/O.EXP.KLUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Floyd TX-Hale TX-
1156 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHEASTERN HALE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended, however light rain will continue and may
lead to additional minor flooding. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
LAT...LON 3411 10167 3411 10132 3392 10140 3392 10175
3402 10167
$$
DWKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Motley | 116 min |
| Jul 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 21 min |
| Jul 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Terry | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 9:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 119 min |
| Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd, Hale, Swisher | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale, Motley | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Floyd | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Hall | 88 min |
| Jul 16, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 34 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.