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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Lubbock, TX
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 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.
- 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
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 National Weather Service Lubbock TX 200 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2026 TXZ021>044-261900- 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Castro | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 4:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 99 min |
| Sep 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 34 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.