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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 22, 2004Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2004, 6:56 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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: Sep 22, 2004, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hutchinson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KAMA 230000
FFWAMA
TXC233-230300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
656 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BORGER

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN HUTCHINSON       
  COUNTY REPORTED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN BORGER         
  FROM EARLIER STORMS...WITH EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STINNETT...
  SANFORD AND PRINGLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS 
WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN BORGER. 

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.

LAT...LON 3564 10160 3565 10113 3602 10110 3602 10159

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KAMA 230134
FFSAMA
TXC233-230300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
830 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR HUTCHINSON
COUNTY...

AT 815 PM CDT...THE HUTCHINSON COUNTY EOC REPORTED PEOPLE BEING 
EVACUATED AT SEVERAL HOMES IN BORGER DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND 
ASSOCIATED FLASH FLOODING. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STINNETT...SANFORD AND PRINGLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

LAT...LON 3564 10160 3565 10113 3602 10110 3602 10159

$$

ANDRADE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.