Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 28, 1994Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:40 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 9:40 PM MDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 12:45 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Curry County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 290342
FFWAMA
NMC009-290645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1040 PM CDT (940 PM MDT) TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT (1245 AM MDT)
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN CURRY COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN GRADY AND BROADVIEW OVER THE
PAST FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY
OF GRADY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THIS
AREA.
 
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
WATER.  DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT.
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY S6WEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACurry47 min
Jun 28, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay26 min
Jun 28, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACurry, Quay57 min
Jun 28, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoosevelt60 min
Jun 28, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACurry61 min
Jun 28, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay61 min
Jun 28, 10:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACurry63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.