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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 27, 2023Childress County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2023, 11:21 AM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2023, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2023, 1:46 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Childress County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at Childress 10N (CHLT2). The gauge peaked at 9.95 ft at May 27, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07299540, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 10:59 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 7:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 8:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Parmer	31 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Parmer	63 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Parmer	3 hr
May 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Parmer	32 min
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Parmer	33 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Parmer	3 hr
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Castro	31 min
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LUB	Castro, Parmer	3 hr
May 27, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Cochran, Hockley	29 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Parmer	34 min
May 27, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro	21 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Castro, Swisher	43 min
May 27, 3:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LUB	Castro, Swisher	2 hr
May 27, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Swisher	53 min
May 27, 10:48 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.