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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 2, 2026Garza County, Lynn County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT for Garza County, Lynn 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
Jun 2, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Garza County, TX, Lynn County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2026-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1805 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 2, 10:44 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:44 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
735 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2026

TXZ021>044-040045-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
735 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Better chances for thunderstorms arrive this evening into tonight as
a complex of storms moves eastward out of New Mexico. Some of these
storms may be strong or severe and could produce locally heavy
rainfall. The best rain chances tonight will be along and west of the
I-27 corridor.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected on
Wednesday and Thursday. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible, and
a few storms may be strong or severe on both days.

Thunderstorm chances continue each day from Friday through the
weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:43 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1043 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2026

TXZ040>042-030415-
Terry TX-Lynn TX-Garza TX-
1043 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN LYNN...NORTHWESTERN
GARZA AND NORTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...

At 1043 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Post to 7 miles north of Grassland to 9
miles west of Tahoka. Movement was west at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Post, Tahoka, Southland, Grassland, Meadow, Wilson, and New Home.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10153 3338 10206 3337 10228 3311 10206
      3314 10160 3313 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 102DEG 21KT 3317 10136 3325 10163 3319 10195

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

SINCAVAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn32 min
Jun 2, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry66 min
Jun 3, 12:09 AM CDTFlood WatchLUBCochran, Garza, Hockley, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum5 hr
Jun 3, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLynn4 hr
Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBTerry2 hr
Jun 3, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Cochran2 hr
Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.