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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2023, 8:50 PM CDT for Lubbock 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2023, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1683 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at May 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 623 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Monday) Issued at 218 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 Sunshine was back in full force today on top of continued moist SE winds. Visible satellite captured a well-defined outflow boundary draped from Palo Duro Canyon southeast to Paducah in the wake of an MCS chugging across southwest Oklahoma. This boundary and its breezy upslope flow is serving to maximize moisture convergence just north of Amarillo as shown by the steady uptick in agitated Cu as of 130 PM. This area of building Cu becomes increasingly capped farther southwest ahead of a surface trough that curls south into eastern New Mexico. However, with continued insolation and CIN becoming more negligible we should see at least isolated storms develop later this afternoon across NM before spreading slowly east within only 10-20 knots of westerly flow from H7 to H5, respectively. MLCAPE is sufficient for some severe events with a likely uptick in storm coverage this evening as a shortwave trough (currently over central New Mexico) passes through. CAMs generally favor the southern South Plains for a multicell line, with some potential for an MCS to drop southeast from the eastern TX Panhandle tonight and graze our far NE zones. NBM's PoPs were tailored to this signal as it seems the most plausible for now. Precip should quickly end from NW-SE late tonight in the wake of the shortwave progged to dig southeast ahead of an amplifying upper ridge for Memorial Day. This ridge will make for perfect grilling weather thanks to much warmer highs in the mid-to-upper 80s with little cloud cover. Feel the NBM is a touch too warm given all the recent and widespread rainfall, so its highs were nudged down a bit. && .LONG TERM... (Monday night through next Saturday) Issued at 218 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 Upper ridging will continue moving overhead tomorrow night into Tuesday. This upper ridge will keep the weather on the quiet side through at least Wednesday afternoon. The ridge will also allow highs to reach into the mid 80s to low 90s by Tuesday and Wednesday. The upper ridge will be kicked eastward by Wednesday afternoon/evening as an upper low makes its way from northern California to the Four Corners. The upper low will gain a negative tilt as it approaches the Four Corners which will chance upper diffluence as well as provide decent shear for an increased severe potential. Models are in decent agreement with developing dryline convection each afternoon/evening Wednesday through at least Friday. The upper low is progged to become removed from the main upper flow by Saturday resulting in fairly weak upper flow. Models then hint a the possibility of a weak backdoor cold front by late Saturday that should provide enough lift for general thunderstorm development. Plenty of moisture will still be available and would reintroduce the chance for heavy rainfall. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 621 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 Less TS coverage today. Each terminal is likely to stay dry with cluster of storms sern NM expected to stay SW of KLBB and isolated storms NE of KPVW unlikely to move much. May also see some patchy stratus or fog overnight, but again coverage should be limited. Will continue with an optimistic TAF set this evening. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...93 LONG TERM....51 AVIATION...07
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 11:40 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1140 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023 TXZ021>044-291645- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1140 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop once again this afternoon across eastern New Mexico and move into portions of the South Plains this evening. Additional storms may spread south from the eastern Texas Panhandle tonight. Any of these storms could produce heavy rain and localized flooding, with a few storms becoming severe. Hail to quarter size and damaging winds to 70 mph will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are expected to develop each afternoon and persist into the evening and overnight hours from Wednesday through Friday. Some storms may be severe with large hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall may also result in localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible later today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
655 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM HAIL 6 WNW MACKENZIE RESERVO 34.59N 101.54W
05/28/2023 M1.75 INCH SWISHER TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
THE SILVERTON VFD.
&&
WCILocal storm report, May 28, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM TSTM WND GST 6 WNW DENVER CITY 32.99N 102.94W
05/28/2023 M79 MPH YOAKUM TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET PEAK GUST. INITIAL SEVERE
GUST WAS AT 6:48 PM WITH OCCASIONAL SEVERE
GUSTS THROUGH 7:07 PM.
&&
WCISpecial weather statement, May 28, 8:05 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
805 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023
TXZ034-035-040-290130-
Terry TX-Hockley TX-Lubbock TX-
805 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Lubbock,
northwestern Terry and southeastern Hockley Counties through 830 PM
CDT...
At 805 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Reese Center to 8 miles northeast of Tokio.
These storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Locketville, Reese Center, Meadow,
Smyer and Ropesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 10194 3314 10249 3333 10256 3377 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 060DEG 3KT 3360 10203 3327 10246
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
07Local storm report, May 28, 8:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd | 59 min |
| May 28, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley | 59 min |
| May 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 25 min |
| May 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock, Terry | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hockley | 30 min |
| May 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 27 min |
| May 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lamb | 35 min |
| May 28, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 2 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.