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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 4, 2026Garza County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2026, 8:12 PM CDT for Garza County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 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 4, 2026, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Garza County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2026-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1206 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 2026-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 4, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1141 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2026

TXZ021>044-051645-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1141 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through early
afternoon, especially on the Caprock. The threat for flash flooding
is low, but a brief downpour is possible.

Isolated thunderstorms may develop across portions of the Caprock
region this afternoon and evening. The severe weather threat is low,
but some storms may produce locally heavy rain and strong wind
gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorm chances continue each day from Friday through the
weekend. The severe weather threat is low, but cannot be ruled out.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza24 min
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBParmer52 min
Jun 5, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe16 min
Jun 5, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCochran35 min
Jun 5, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall25 min
Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent32 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Lamb36 min
Jun 5, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall49 min
Jun 5, 3:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBKent, Stonewall68 min
Jun 5, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Cochran2 hr
Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb50 min
Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent69 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Cochran93 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro26 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock27 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock31 min
Jun 5, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCochran, Hockley92 min
Jun 5, 6:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock85 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBChildress, Hall68 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.