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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 24, 2000Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2000, 8:00 PM CST for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2000, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2000, 10:00 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2000-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KAMA 250201
FFWAMA
TXC295-250400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
800 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 749 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNING AREA. STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL  
  CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FOR THE NEXT FEW   
  HOURS. RAINFALLS AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A VERY SHORT    
  PERIOD OF TIME WILL OCCUR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORQECAST OFFICE IN
AMARILLO.

LAT...LON 3619 10051 3609 10044 3629 10003 3650 10005

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts30 min
Feb 24, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningAMARoberts31 min
Feb 24, 6:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb42 min
Feb 24, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb50 min
Feb 24, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray60 min
Feb 24, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb47 min
Feb 24, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Roberts39 min
Feb 24, 7:47 PM CSTTornado WarningAMALipscomb28 min
Feb 24, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler30 min
Feb 24, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley25 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningAMALipscomb17 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill28 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb30 min
Feb 24, 8:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler62 min
Feb 24, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts43 min
Feb 24, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler47 min
Feb 25, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.