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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lubbock, TX

November 17, 2024Terry County, Yoakum County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 17, 2024, 9:54 PM CST for Terry County, Yoakum County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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
Nov 17, 2024, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2024, 3:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2024-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 2024-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Nov 17, 5:44 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 5:44 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 9:49 PM CST, 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
949 PM CST Sun Nov 17 2024

TXZ021>044-190400-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
949 PM CST Sun Nov 17 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the far southern South
Plains and the southeastern Rolling Plains until 4 AM CST Monday
morning. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph will be the primary
hazard.

A Flood Watch is in effect for all of the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and southern Texas Panhandle from 6 PM today to 6 AM Monday.

Widespread moderate to heavy rain will develop over West Texas this
evening and continue into early Monday morning, before shifting to
the east by daybreak. Where the heaviest rain falls, flash flooding
of urban and poor drainage areas is likely. In addition, strong wind
gusts, in excess of 50 mph, may accompany the most intense
thunderstorms, primarily off the Caprock after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

A Wind Advisory is in effect between 9 AM and 5 PM CST Monday for
the southern South and Rolling Plains. Sustained, westerly winds
between 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph will develop following
the passage of the Pacific cold front late tomorrow morning.

A first freeze is likely for much of the South Plains on Wednesday
morning.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 8:13 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock3 hr
Nov 17, 11:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBHockley, Terry4 hr
Nov 17, 11:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn, Terry3 hr
Nov 17, 11:47 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLUBChildress12 hr
Nov 17, 11:47 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza10 hr
Nov 18, 12:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock3 hr
Nov 18, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lubbock and 2 more57 min
Nov 18, 12:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLUBLubbock18 hr
Nov 18, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, Kent, King and 2 more60 min
Nov 18, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle16 min
Nov 18, 2:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall36 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.