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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 4:13 AM CDT for Collingsworth 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2003, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Collingsworth County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KAMA 130917
FFWAMA
TXC087-131300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
413 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELLINGTON
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 410 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN FROM QUAIL TO LUTIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DOZIER...QUAIL AND
SAMNORWOOD
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD
DANGERS.
NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN AN AUTOMOBILE OR ON FOOT
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3516 10027 3503 10050 3477 10052 3478 10003
3518 10002
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KAMA 131052
FFSAMA
TXC087-131145-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
550 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY UNTIL
800 AM CDT...
AT 550 AM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS
COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY WHERE AN ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL
BETWEEN QUAIL...LUTIE...AND WELLINGTON. AN ISOLATED POCKET OF 4
INCHES FELL 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LUTIE.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL
AS LOW LYING RANCH LAND. PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONG AND NEAR THE SALT
FORK OF THE RED RIVER...AND BUCK CREEK SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS
FOR THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3503 10051 3477 10050 3477 10001 3517 10002
3514 10037
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 73 min |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 62 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.