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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT for Moore County, Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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, 5.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 050501 FFWAMA TXC341-375-050800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1159 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...MOORE COUNTY...POTTER COUNTY AT 1158 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERHEAVY RAINFALL IN MOORE AND NORTHERN POTTER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...STREETS...AND ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS MUCH OF MOORE COUNTY TONIGHT. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 645 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INCLUDING POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES... AT 635 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. THE STRONGEST STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF MORTON WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEEDMORE IN BAILEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS WELL VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHER STORMS IN THIS AREA HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO MAINLY UNION COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS SHOWN NEAR PASAMONTE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NAyTIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-050040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 722 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS MOORE COUNTY NORTH OF DUMAS TEXAS... AT 715 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOORE COUNTY OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST 20 MINUTES JUST NORTH OF DUMAS. MOVMENT RWAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE CITY OF DUMAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS MOORE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-050200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 735 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR ARMSTRONG..DONLEY..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS COUNTIES... THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER. HOWEVER...POTTER..RANDALL.. OLDHAM..DEAF SMITH..PARMER..CASTRO..AND SWISHER COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH ALSO CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-050145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 753 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 740 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY NEAR DUMAS AND BRYDEN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN MOORE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS STORM IT MOVES SOUTH AT 10 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY. BECAUSE OF THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT...THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS EXSISTS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS UNION AND HARDING COUNTIES FROM AROUND PASAMONTE SOUTH TO MOSQUERO. ^ MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 68 min |
| Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 69 min |
| Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Carson | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 18 min |
| Jun 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 2:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall, Swisher | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Swisher | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 48 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.