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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1996, 9:56 PM CDT for Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 1996, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hartley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 22, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 844 PM CDT THU AUG 22 1996 HEAVY RAINS CONT ACRS THE WRN OK AND NW TX PNHDLS. WSR-88D ESTIMATES THAT A LARGE SWATH OF ONE INCH RNFL HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVR CIMARRON COUNTY. SO FAR FLOODING HAS BEEN LIMITED TO ONE REPORT OF WATER OVR THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 287. TSTMS THAT ARE CAUSING THE RAINS ARE LINING UP ALONG A CDFNT THAT SLIPPED INTO THE NWRN ZONES. WITH ALL THE DEEP TROPICAL MSTR BEING PUMPED INTO THE REGION AND WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONTAL BNDRY ...EXPECT TSTMS TO CONT WELL INTO THE NIGHT. SINCE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVG AND FOCUSED ON THE BNDRY...FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE MDT TO HIGH. FEEL A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS WARRANTED SO WILL ISSUE ONE FOR THE OK PNHDL AND NW TX PNHDL UNTIL 6 AM CDT. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVRY THAT IS IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT. .AMA... TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT ZONES 1-2-3-6-7. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT ZONES 1>3. SP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Sherman | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hartley | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Dallam | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.