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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 17, 2004Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2004, 6:22 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 83 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2004, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hutchinson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDTFLASH FLOODStinnett, TX
Jun 17, 6:53 PM CDTFLASH FLOODStinnett, TXALL ROADS S AND W OF STINNETT UNDER WATER

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-529 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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 172322
FFWAMA
TXC233-180045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
622 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER STINNETT...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF BORGER.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BORGER...PRINGLE AND SANFORD

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3602 10157 3566 10157 3567 10111 3604 10111

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KAMA 180011
FFSAMA
TXC233-180045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
710 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HUTCHINSON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STINNETT. THE STORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

AT 700 PM CDT...THE STINNETT EOC REPORTED THAT FARM TO MARKET ROAD 
687 FIVE MILES SOUTH OF STINNETT WAS THREE FEET UNDERWATER. FARM TO 
MARKET ROAD 687 AND STATE HIGHWAY 152 AND STATE HIGHWAY 136 COMING 
INTO STINNETT WILL SOON BE FLOODED. MOTORISTS TRYING TO DRIVE INTO 
STINNETT SHOULD AVOID THIS AREA DUE TO THE FLOODED ROADS AND 
HIGHWAYS AND WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3602 10160 3565 10160 3565 10112 3604 10112

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam64 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith56 min
Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman84 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley85 min
Jun 16, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam26 min
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall55 min
Jun 16, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman58 min
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore96 min
Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford53 min
Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson60 min
Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts64 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson47 min
Jun 17, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore48 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson63 min
Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore45 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong55 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson46 min
Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman53 min
Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson38 min
Jun 17, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson59 min
Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley58 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham54 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson50 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.