2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 .SHORT TERM... A PIECE OF ENERGY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING WAS HELPING TO ENHANCE THE WARM ADVECTION OVER WEST TEXAS WITH A LARGE ARE OF RAINFALL LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING WITH RAIN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. WE WILL THEN HAVE TO WATCH A TROUGH SWINGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD INTO THE PANHANDLE. THIS SHOULD HELP TO INITIATE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE TROUGH AXIS APPEARS THAT IT WILL PROGRESS FAIRLY QUICK TO THE EAST WITH RAIN ENDING TOWARDS THURSDAY MORNING. WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND LIKELIHOOD OF CLOUD COVER LINGERING ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CWA FROM HEATING UP MUCH SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY SEVERE WORDING IN THE ZONES. AM BECOMING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS THE EAST AND NORTHEASTERN ZONES...ESPECIALLY FOR TONIGHT AS OUR NEXT AREA OF RAIN TRAVERSES THE AREA. BELIEVE WE WILL JUST PLACE THIS MENTION IN THE HWO FOR NOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE AGAIN TODAY BUT BELIEVE THAT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD WARM INTO THE 80S...IF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFT EASTWARD AS QUICK AS ANTICIPATED. .LONG TERM... AS TROUGH AXIS PASSES ON THU...WE WILL SEE A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE SPLNS DURING THE DAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SHIFTING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST BUT HAVE LEFT LOW POPS OVER THE SRN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE EVE IF THE PROGRESS OF THE FRONT IS SLOWER THAN PROGGED. HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPS ABOUT A CAT FOR THU...WITH LOWEST TEMPS OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS AS EXPECT THEM TO REMAIN SOCKED IN ALL DAY. THERE SHOULD BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOW CLOUDS/FOG ON THE CAP OVERNIGHT/FRI MORN AS MODEL X-SECTIONS SHOW MID/UPR-LVLS DRYING OUT QUICKLY BEHIND TROF. SHOULD SEE A MUCH WARMER AND DRIER DAY ACROSS THE SPLNS ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW FAIRLY BRISK NW FLOW ACROSS THE AREA FRI NIGHT AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MCS TO MOVE SE OUT OF NE NM/NW PANHANDLES INTO THE SPLNS...AND HAVE EXPANDED POPS A BIT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. MCS POTENTIAL LOOKS LESS LIKELY SAT NIGHT AS UPR RIDGE NOSES EAST...BUT LEFT SLIGT CHANCE MAINLY FOR NE COUNTIES...NEXT SHIFT MAY WANT TO REASSESS THIS. HAVE MADE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GRIDS AFTER SAT. GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS THAT 500MB RIDGE WILL BUILD EAST BRINGING A WARMING/DRYING TREND AND VERY WEAK MID-LVL WINDS THAT SHOULD KEEP MOST TSTM ACTIVITY CONFINED TO MTNS OF NM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 85 59 85 62 / 50 30 10 0 TULIA 81 61 84 65 / 50 70 20 10 PLAINVIEW 82 62 84 65 / 50 70 20 10 LEVELLAND 86 63 85 65 / 50 50 10 10 LUBBOCK 83 64 84 65 / 50 70 20 10 BROWNFIELD 86 65 86 66 / 50 40 20 20 CHILDRESS 81 67 84 67 / 90 70 20 10 SPUR 83 68 84 69 / 90 70 30 20 ASPERMONT 84 70 82 70 / 100 70 40 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18/33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 TXZ021>044-292300- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 600 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... FLOODING THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORTON TO ASPERMONT. SEVERAL BANDS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH OUT OF THE PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE AREA OF CONCERN TODAY. THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY THIS EVENING AS THE ACTIVITY WEAKENS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO MAY ORGANIZE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA AFTER DARK. THERE IS A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:32 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded in and around town. The NWS Cooperative Observer in Tahoka measured a 24-hour rainfall amount of 5.15 inches.
A band of heavy rainfall occurred over the southern South Plains and Rolling Plains. Four to five inches of rain fell from Justiceburg to Girard. The NWS Cooperative Observer in Jayton measured a 24-hour rainfall amount of 9.25 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5414361, 5414362.