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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 3, 2023Lynn County, Terry County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2023, 12:47 AM CDT for Lynn County, Terry County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Oct 3, 2023, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2023, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2023-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 998 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 00:00Z on 2023-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Oct 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCochran, Terry, Yoakum2 hr
Oct 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Terry, Yoakum48 min
Oct 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCochran, Hockley, Terry44 min
Oct 2, 9:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Terry3 hr
Oct 2, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock, Lynn, Terry3 hr
Oct 3, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBTerry34 min
Oct 3, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn113 min
Oct 3, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran19 min
Oct 3, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn2 hr
Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza90 min
Oct 3, 6:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lubbock3 hr
Oct 3, 8:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLUBLubbock15 hr

Nearby

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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.