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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1992, 10:50 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1992, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hutchinson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 090354 FFWAMA TXC233-090645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1050 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...HUTCHINSON COUNTY AT 1048 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY NEAR PRINGLE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF STINNETT SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF SANFORD DAM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 5 hours 11 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)
TGSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1025 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 317 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...AND DEAF SMITH. ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 317 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... SHERMAN...MOORE...POTTER...RANDALL...HANSFORD...HUTCHINSON... CARSON...AND ARMSTRONG. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 319 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE... TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...GRAY...DONLEY...LIPSCOMB...HEMPHILL... WHEELER...AND COLLINGSWORTH. JSE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-091000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1045 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 320 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Swisher | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe, Swisher | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Roberts | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 46 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.