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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2025, 9:39 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 11, 2025, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2025, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 Aug 11, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 12:39 PM CDT, 9 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1239 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025 TXZ021>044-121745- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1239 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon into tonight, primarily on the Caprock. Some storms may be severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph and hail up to the size of quarters. Torrential rainfall will lead to a localized risk of flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Thunderstorm chances continues for most of the region through Wednesday, with the highest chances during the evening hours each day. Some storms may produce strong wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
624 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
TXZ035-112345-
Lubbock TX-
624 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...
At 624 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lubbock International Airport, or 8 miles northeast of Lubbock,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Idalou, Lubbock International Airport, and New Deal.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 10190 3380 10183 3376 10163 3366 10156
3359 10156 3353 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 234DEG 6KT 3364 10177
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
DWKLocal storm report, Aug 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
630 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNW Lubbock Int. Airp 33.67N 101.82W
08/11/2025 M59 MPH Lubbock TX ASOS
&&
DWKSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
646 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
TXZ035-120015-
Lubbock TX-
646 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY
THROUGH 715 PM CDT...
At 646 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles north of Lubbock International Airport, or 8 miles south of
Abernathy, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Abernathy, Idalou, Lubbock International Airport, and New
Deal.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3368 10187 3383 10189 3383 10158 3365 10166
3362 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 205DEG 7KT 3372 10180
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
DWKSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
658 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
TXZ022-023-120015-
Swisher TX-Castro TX-
658 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN CASTRO AND NORTHWESTERN
SWISHER COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT...
At 658 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 12 miles southwest of Happy, or 15 miles west of Tulia,
moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hart and Nazareth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3446 10231 3471 10212 3471 10187 3439 10203
3439 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 302DEG 5KT 3462 10203
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DWKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Castro | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro | 76 min |
| Aug 11, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Hall | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 2 hr |
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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.