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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 2026Floyd County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT for Floyd County, Texas. It was in force for 84 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
Jul 5, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 7:24 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Floyd County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 379 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 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 333 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 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer, Swisher52 min
Jul 5, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, King, Motley64 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle56 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Swisher39 min
Jul 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer34 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley62 min
Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb28 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale, Motley56 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle67 min
Jul 5, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall85 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd31 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.