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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 6:38 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hutchinson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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
- 1210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 637 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 072340 FFWAMA TXC233-080145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 638 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...HUTCHINSON COUNTY AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM STINNETT TO LAKE MEREDITH. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST POTTER COUNTY. THIS SUGGESTS THAT REPEAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING TWATER. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.
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, Jul 7, 12:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-080500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1993 THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA WITH A LOW CENTERED NORTH OF DALHART IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF COAST. THESE FEATURES ARE SUPPRESSED UNDER A CAP THAT COULD GIVE WAY LATE IN THE DAY. IF THE CAP BREAKS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VERY RAPID. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY. DJC
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-080500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1993 THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA WITH A LOW CENTERED NORTH OF DALHART IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF COAST. THESE FEATURES ARE SUPPRESSED UNDER A CAP THAT COULD GIVE WAY LATE IN THE DAY. IF THE CAP BREAKS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VERY RAPID. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY. DJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 68 min |
| Jul 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 60 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.