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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Lubbock, TX

September 26, 2026Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2026, 2:50 AM CDT for Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 88 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
Sep 26, 2026, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2026, 4:18 AM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 Sep 26, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 2:00 PM CDT, 12 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
200 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2026

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Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
200 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected on the
Caprock after sunset this evening. While severe storms are not
expected, a few storms could produce wind gusts up to 60 mph. Heavy
rainfall will be possible with any storm and could lead to localized
street flooding.

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

There is a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms across
eastern portions of the Caprock and the Rolling Plains Saturday
evening. A few storms could be strong to severe, with strong wind
gusts and hail the primary hazards.

Thunderstorm chances return for much of the region Monday through
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 26, 2:03 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer24 min
Sep 25, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBParmer32 min
Sep 26, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro27 min
Sep 26, 4:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBCastro, Parmer99 min
Sep 26, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent34 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.