Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1988, 5:36 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1988, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Childress County, TX, Hall 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 272239
FFWAMA
TXC075-191-280045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
536 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...CHILDRESS...HALL
AT 415 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CHILDRESS AND HALL COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. REPORTS FROM LOCAL BROADCASTERS IN THE CHILDRESS AREA
INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINIS OCCURRING NOW IN THE CHILDRESS AREA.
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.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, Jun 27, 1:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
145PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 130PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE
TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF RANDALL AND DONLEY.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
145PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 130PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE
TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF RANDALL AND DONLEY.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
245PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 230PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE
TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO
EASTERN NEW MEXICO THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE LOCATED THROUGH
AN AREA AROUND 10 MILES WIDE FROM JUST NORTH OF AMARILLO TO SOUTH OF
SHAMROCK.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
340PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 330PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE
TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND MOST ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO
EASTERN NEW MEXICO THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE NEAR CHILDRESS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUN SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 425PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL
TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN TURKEY AND CLARENDON AND IN THE
CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE WEST OF PAMPA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 20
MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTENING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARRNINGS.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES
OF PARMER..CASTRO..SWISHER..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS ...
AT 425PM CDT..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS SOUTH OF CHILDRESS AND EAST OF
SPEARMAN IN THE NORTH TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 20
MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTENING STRIKES AND GUSTY WIND.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T V STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988
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.