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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 2026Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2026, 5:54 PM CDT for Crosby County, Dickens County, Texas. It was in force for 96 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: May 31, 2026, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 31, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:27 AM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1127 AM CDT Sun May 31 2026

TXZ021>044-011630-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1127 AM CDT Sun May 31 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms across southern
portions of the South Plains and Rolling Plains this afternoon and
evening. A few storms may become severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms will persist through the
week. Locally heavy rain may be possible Wednesday through Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
510 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026

TXZ036-037-312245-
Dickens TX-Crosby TX-
510 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DICKENS AND
NORTHEASTERN CROSBY COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

At 509 PM CDT, a pair of strong thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 5 miles northeast of Ralls to 8 miles southwest
of Mcadoo. Movement was east-northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Crosbyton, Dickens, Afton, and Mcadoo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 10122 3383 10070 3358 10074 3355 10111
      3373 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 256DEG 19KT 3371 10130 3362 10107

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

MCZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LUB	Dickens	35 min
May 31, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	50 min
May 31, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Crosby, Dickens	60 min
May 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LUB	Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent	52 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2026 Every flash flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.