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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 7, 2006Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2006, 2:32 AM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Sep 7, 2006, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2006, 5:30 AM 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 7, 2:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Borger, TX	TWO FEET OF WATER IN A CHURCH...MULTIPLE HOMES FLOODED IN BORGER

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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KAMA 070737
FFWAMA
TXC233-071030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
232 AM CDT THU SEP 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 228 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   
  IN DOWNTOWN BORGER FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.       
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF      
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS   
  OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS   
  WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  

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

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3566 10156 3566 10113 3592 10116 3595 10158

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KAMA 070956
FFSAMA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
451 AM CDT THU SEP 7 2006

TXC233-071030-
HUTCHINSON TX-
451 AM CDT THU SEP 7 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR 
SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY...

AT 441 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN BORGER HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED. NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF BORGER TO 5 MILES 
EAST OF BORGER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST 
STORMS. 

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. 

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 3566 10156 3566 10113 3592 10116 3595 10158

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 3:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Carson	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.