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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 26, 2025Childress County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2025, 3:56 AM CDT for Childress County, Hall 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
Apr 26, 2025, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 669 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.7

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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 Apr 26, 3:30 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:30 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 2:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
234 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

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Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
234 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

All severe hazards will be possible with storms early this morning,
including very large or giant hail near softball size or larger, and
tornadoes. Heavy rainfall is also likely within storms, and a threat
for flash flooding will exist from early this morning through the
afternoon hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Daily chances for thunderstorms, including severe weather, will
continue each afternoon from Sunday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1004 PM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0957 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 S Anton               33.72N 102.16W
04/25/2025  M64 MPH          Hockley            TX   Mesonet

            West Texas Mesonet Report.

&&
Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1213 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     Hail             8 WNW Sudan             34.11N 102.65W
04/25/2025  M2.00 Inch       Bailey             TX   Public

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBHockley, Lubbock75 min
Apr 25, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCochran, Yoakum56 min
Apr 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBHockley, Lubbock64 min
Apr 25, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb54 min
Apr 25, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHockley3 hr
Apr 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock33 min
Apr 25, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer63 min
Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBParmer2 hr
Apr 25, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock39 min
Apr 25, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHockley3 hr
Apr 25, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock48 min
Apr 25, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey46 min
Apr 25, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb24 min
Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb53 min
Apr 26, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBLamb54 min
Apr 26, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCastro, Lamb56 min
Apr 26, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLUBHale, Lamb61 min
Apr 26, 1:34 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale, Lamb26 min
Apr 26, 1:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Lamb23 min
Apr 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall, Motley62 min
Apr 26, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Lamb23 min
Apr 26, 2:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro, Lamb41 min
Apr 26, 2:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCastro, Lamb2 hr
Apr 26, 2:53 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLUBCastro52 min
Apr 26, 3:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBCastro24 min
Apr 26, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall33 min
Apr 26, 7:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLUBBriscoe, Childress, Hall8 hr
Apr 26, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock75 min
Apr 26, 11:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLUBChildress3 hr
Apr 26, 11:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock57 min
Apr 26, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle29 min

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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.