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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 18, 1996Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 1996, 3:29 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 1996, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 Sep 18, 3:04 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 3:04 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	63 min
Sep 17, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham, Potter	59 min
Sep 17, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	62 min
Sep 17, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore, Potter	61 min
Sep 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	59 min
Sep 17, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	61 min
Sep 17, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	61 min
Sep 17, 11:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	61 min
Sep 17, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	64 min
Sep 17, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	64 min
Sep 18, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford	61 min
Sep 18, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	62 min
Sep 18, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	66 min
Sep 18, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	31 min
Sep 18, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	60 min
Sep 18, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	54 min
Sep 18, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	3 hr
Sep 18, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hansford	3 hr
Sep 17, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.