Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 1997, 1:30 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 25, 1997, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 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.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 25, 6:42 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:42 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 643 AM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 HAVE UPDATED SWRN ZONES FOR SN ADVY THROUGH 10 AM. MORNING SOUNDING PRETTY SATURATED WITH TEMPERATURES COMPLETELY BELOW ZERO DEGREES C. EXPECT SN TO TRANSITION TO R LATER THIS MORNING. AREA PHONE CALLS INDICATE 3 INCH AMOUNTS OVR DEAF SMITH COUNTY. .AMA... TX...SNOW ADVY TILL 10 AM ZONES 11>13 AND 16>18. FLOOD WATCH TODAY ZONES 1>20. OK...NONE. SLATTERY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:00 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-252300- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN 2/3 OF THE PANHANDLES...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE RAIN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A DIFFERENT THREAT OF DANGEROUS WEATHER EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HOWEVER. THIS IS THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY...AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. STORM SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVATED...BUT REPORTS OF RISING WATER ARE REQUESTED TO BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COCKRELL
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:01 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-252300- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN 2/3 OF THE PANHANDLES...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE RAIN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A DIFFERENT THREAT OF DANGEROUS WEATHER EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HOWEVER. THIS IS THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY...AND WILL JLIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. STORM SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVATED...BUT REPORTS OF RISING WATER ARE REQUESTED TO BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COCKRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Bandera | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.