Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1986, 7:28 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1986, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1986, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 170028 FFWAMA TXC087-483-170300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 728 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...COLLINGSWORTH AND WHEELER AT 720 PM CDT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF WHEELER COUNTY..WITH HIGHWAY 52 BLOCKED EAST OF BRISCO. RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER WHEELER AND MOVING INTO WEST COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO COLLINGSWORTH AND WHEELER COUNTY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. ANYONE DRIVING IN THIS AREA SHOULD AVOID AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180 IN EFFECT FROM 430 PM CDT UNTI 1100 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 425 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LARGE VERY HEAVY THUNDER STORM JUST NORTHEAST OF GROOM..OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPA TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.. MIDWAY BETWEEN CLAYTON AND TUCUMCARI. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE..TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall, Swisher | 65 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.