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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 4, 2023Dickens County, King County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT for Dickens County, King County, Texas. It was in force for 75 min. 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 4, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dickens County, TX, King County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2023-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1650 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 2023-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall31 min
Oct 4, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley52 min
Oct 4, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Lamb45 min
Oct 4, 2:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBChildress, Cottle, Motley56 min
Oct 4, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCottle, Motley65 min
Oct 4, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher61 min
Oct 4, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley28 min
Oct 4, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCottle, Motley90 min
Oct 4, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley52 min
Oct 4, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens54 min
Oct 4, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley55 min
Oct 4, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley53 min
Oct 4, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King21 min
Oct 4, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn59 min
Oct 4, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLUBHockley44 min
Oct 4, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCottle, King12 min
Oct 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lynn60 min
Oct 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King45 min
Oct 4, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn56 min
Oct 4, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Lynn and 1 more2 hr
Oct 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBHockley, Lubbock43 min
Oct 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent57 min
Oct 4, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBLubbock43 min
Oct 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock18 min
Oct 4, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley26 min

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.