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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 15, 1988Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 1988, 4:07 AM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 1988, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 1988, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
2 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 00:00Z, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1053 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall57 min
Sep 14, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall65 min
Sep 14, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher56 min
Sep 14, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall5 hr
Sep 15, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley67 min
Sep 15, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth66 min
Sep 15, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.