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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 8, 1992Moore County, Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1992, 10:04 PM CDT for Moore County, Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1992, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1992, 11:02 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Moore County, TX, Potter County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 1992-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 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 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
535 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE 8TH. ALL TIMES
ARE CST...

1553...DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BOISE CITY S.O. JUST W OF
       BOISE CITY...ALSO PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SW OF
       BOISE CITY ENDED AT 1543  (CIMARRON COUNTY)

1620...DIME SIZE HAIL ENDED JUST SOUTHEAST OF BOISE CITY REPORTED
       BY BOISE CITY S.O.  (CIMARRON COUNTY)

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-090400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
700 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE
   OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS
   OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO
   UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD THE
PANHANDLES.  THE UPWARD MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM
COMBINED WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PANHANDLES.  HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT.  SINCE THE GROUND
OVER THE AREA IS SATURATED DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR
RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

ALSO...DUE TO FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT...SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...ESPECIALLY
THOSE WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...SHOULD BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION REST OF THIS EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER S?ERVICE AT AMARILLO.

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro, Swisher30 min
Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningAMASwisher33 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts52 min
Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher29 min
Jun 8, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABriscoe, Swisher47 min
Jun 8, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Sherman38 min
Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore, Potter58 min
Jun 8, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHansford, Sherman3 hr
Jun 8, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARoberts3 hr
Jun 8, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHutchinson3 hr
Jun 8, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson40 min
Jun 9, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAOchiltree3 hr
Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher50 min
Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro25 min
Jun 9, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley41 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABriscoe51 min
Jun 9, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall67 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall46 min
Jun 8, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas41 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.