Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 7:18 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 17, 2:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-172045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 240 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO 5 MILES WEST OF CLARENDON IN THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. SD
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-172045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 240 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO 5 MILES WEST OF CLARENDON IN THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE D`EVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. SD
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-181200- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 300 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FLOODING RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS PLUS A COLD FRONT MOVING FROM COLORADO INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LARGE SCALE LIFT FROM A SYSTEM MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL INCREASE THE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AS MORE MOISTURE PULLS NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND COLD AIR MOVES IN AT UPPER LEVELS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT IF NECESSARY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON FRIDAY. JSE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-181200- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 300 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FLOODING RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS PLUS A COLD FRONT MOVING FROM COLORADO INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LARGE SCALE LIFT FROM A SYSTEM MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL INCREASE THE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AS MORE MOISTURE PULLS NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND COLD AIR MOVES IN AT UPPER LEVELS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT IF NECESSARY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON FRIDAY. JSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Parmer | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Quay | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Curry | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Curry, Quay | 61 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.