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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 5, 2026Childress County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 5, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2026, 7:34 PM CDT
In force
68 min
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 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1131 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 5, 5:59 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:59 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1102 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

TXZ021>044-061615-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1102 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Some thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon and evening with a
threat for locally heavy rain, flooding, and strong wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorm chances continue Saturday, with higher chances off the
Caprock.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
235 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

TXZ037-038-043-044-052000-
Dickens TX-Kent TX-King TX-Stonewall TX-
235 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN KENT...SOUTHEASTERN
DICKENS...SOUTHERN KING AND STONEWALL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT...

At 234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Swenson, or 6 miles northwest of Aspermont, moving
north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Aspermont, Jayton, Girard, Peacock, Old Glory, Swenson, Clairemont,
and Us-380 Near The Haskell-Stonewall County Line.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking 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 3297 10088 3361 10051 3360 9999 3296 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 200DEG 23KT 3321 10030

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
258 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

TXZ037-038-043-044-052030-
Dickens TX-Kent TX-King TX-Stonewall TX-
258 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT KENT...SOUTHERN DICKENS...
SOUTHERN KING AND WESTERN STONEWALL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM CDT...

At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jayton, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Spur, Jayton, Girard, Peacock, Swenson, and Clairemont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking 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 3300 10042 3300 10082 3353 10094 3361 10051
      3354 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 198DEG 16KT 3326 10051

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT, 42 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, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBGarza63 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

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.