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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2021, 12:26 AM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2021, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted.
440
WGUS54 KLUB 250526
FFWLUB
TXC303-250700-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FF.W.0003.210525T0526Z-210525T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1226 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Lubbock County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 200 AM CDT.
* At 1226 AM CDT, Local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1
inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring with several road closures.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
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...
Lubbock, Idalou, and Lubbock International Airport.
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 3357 10187 3368 10186 3368 10162 3357 10163
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
WCI1 follow-up statement
700
WGUS74 KLUB 250618
FFSLUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
118 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
TXC303-250700-
/O.CON.KLUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210525T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lubbock TX-
118 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LUBBOCK COUNTY...
At 118 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported numerous vehicles stuck in
flood water near the North loop and I-27.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lubbock, Idalou, and Lubbock International Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 10187 3368 10186 3368 10162 3357 10163
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
WCIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 62 min |
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Swisher | 110 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 52 min |
| May 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 42 min |
| May 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 55 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 82 min |
| May 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 29 min |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd, Hall, Motley | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 18 min |
| May 24, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 114 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Motley | 34 min |
| May 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, King | 50 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 37 min |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, King, Motley | 109 min |
| May 25, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 39 min |
| May 25, 3:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 17 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.