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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1987, 4:10 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1987, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1987, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randall 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 2100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 262110
FFWAMA
TXC381-270115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...RANDALL
IN CANYON...TIERRA BLANCA CREEK AND PALO DURO CREEK ARE RUNNING
BANKFULL. WATER IS OVER THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT PRARIE DOG
TOWN FORK...AND WATER RUNNING OVER THE SPILLWAY AT LAKE TANGLEWOOD
...AND STILL RISING. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING WILL
RESULT IN POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.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 26, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1035AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 AT 1025 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF AMARILLO...NEAR HAPPY...AND ANOTHER NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO...NEAR PAMPA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL... ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1135AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 AT 1125 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE....AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST AND NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO...AND WEST SOUTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW. THE STORM 30 MILES EAST OF AMARILLO WAS...JUST WEST OF GROOM. THE STORMS NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO WERE LOCATED...JUST NORTH OF PAMPA...10 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN...AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LIPSCOMB. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS...SOUTH OF AMARILLO...JUST NORTH OF TULIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL... ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:36 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 335PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RANDALL COUNTY UNTIL 400PM... AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS HAD BEGUN TO DECREASE. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEREFORD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL... ARE POSSIBLE AND MAYp ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Swisher | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 57 min |
| May 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 58 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| May 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 68 min |
| May 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 67 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 59 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 54 min |
| May 26, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 67 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.