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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 16, 1992Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1992, 1:11 AM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1992, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Randall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 898 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 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
898 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 160614
FFWAMA
TXC381-160815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
111 AM CDT THU APR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTY
 
AT 110 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IN THE PALO DURO STATE
PARK AREA. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORM CAUSING THIS RAIN IS MOVING VERY
SLOWLY...FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS IN THE PARK IS LIKELY.
 
 
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.  VNEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHutchinson117 min
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson117 min
Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter46 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson, Potter29 min
Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore41 min
Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter39 min
Apr 15, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson50 min
Apr 15, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter66 min
Apr 16, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABriscoe, Hall41 min
Apr 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall69 min
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress60 min
Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher56 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall59 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress59 min
Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher58 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro56 min
Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson59 min
Apr 16, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson25 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson66 min
Apr 16, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson38 min
Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson25 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall38 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray61 min
Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson61 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.