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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1986, 10:11 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1986, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1986, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 010311 FFWAMA TXC375-381-437-357-010600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1011 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...POTTER...RANDALL...SWISHER AND OCHILTREE HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURING THROUGH THE NORTHEASTERN..CENTRAL ..AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. PERRYTON IN OCHILTREE COUNTY REPORTED ROADS ALMOST CLOSED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THEM DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN AMARILLO..AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-40 AND BELL..I-40 CLOSED EAST AND WEST DUE TO HIGH WATER. OPTIONAL FREE FORMAT ACTION STATEMENT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST THROUGH THE MENTIONED AREAS..AND ARE PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES AND MORE RAINFALL PER HOUR. 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 31, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 1986 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE PRODUCING OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO..THROUGH THE WESTERN..CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO POSSIBLE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES..AS WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CAMPERS+ ARE URGED TO STAY TO HIGH GROUND IN THE EVENT OF FLOODING OF DRY STREAM BEDS. REMEMBER LITTLE VARMENTS ARE MOVING TO HIGH GROUND ALSO. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 810 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 1986 ...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS INCLUDING PALO DURO CANYON SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS..INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTIONS DRIVING THROUGH THE WESTERN..CENTRAL ..AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.. AND UNDERPASSES. CAMPERS MOVE TO HIGH GROUND. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Swisher | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.