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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 1990, 10:10 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1990, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oldham 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 290312
FFWAMA
TXC359-290515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1010 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...EASTERN OLDHAM
AT 1000 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDER
STORMS OVER EASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR. AT 910 PM CDT WATER WAS OVER THE HIGHWAY AT THE INTERSECTION
OF US 385 AND FM 1061 IN NORTHEAST OLDHAM COUNTY. NEW THUNDER-
STORMS WITH BE MOVING OVER THIS SAME AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
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, Sep 28, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021- KSZ003-006-282242- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 442 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 427 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..EXTENDING FROM PLAINVIEW TEXAS..NORTHWEST TO NEAR TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY..NEAR HEREFORD..AND IN SOUTHEAST CASTRO COUNTY..SOUTHEAST OF DIMMITT. ALSO IN QUAY COUNTY NEW MEXICO..BETWEEN SAN JON AND GLENRIO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021- KSZ003-006-282340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 526 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF THE AMARILLO AREA..WEST TO NEAR TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BETWEEN BUSHLAND AND VEGA..TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF ADRIAN ..AND JUST WEST OF GLENRIO NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN OLDHAM AND WESTERN POTTER COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ..AND EASTERN QUAY OF NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE? WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021- KSZ003-006-290040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 630 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM THE WEST END OF LAKE MEREDITH..WEST TO NEAR ROSEBUD NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HARTLEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN HARTLEY AND MOORE COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN CHILDRESS AND HEREFORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021- KSZ003-006-290140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 726 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN DALHART AND AMARILLO..AND IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN CHILDRESS AND AMARILLO. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY..JUST SOUTHEAST OF CLAUDE..AND IN HARTLEY AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS..FLOODING OF STREET AND ROADS MAY OCCUR..ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SMALL HAIL..AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021- KSZ003-006-290240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 840 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 830 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN DALHART AND AMARILLO..AND IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN CLARENDON AND AMARILLO. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN CARSON AND DONLEY COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE..AND IN OLDHAM..EASTERN HARTLEY..AND MOORE COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. M)LL HAIL..AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Oldham | 3 hr |
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.