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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2007, 10:28 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2007, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Higgins, TX | WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN 4 OT 6 INCHES DEEP |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KAMA 200329 FFWAMA TXC295-357-200630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1028 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIPSCOMB... OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PERRYTON... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKA... FOLLETT...FARNSWORTH...DARROUZETT...BOOKER...HIGGINS...AND WOLF CREEK PARK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AMARILLO. LAT...LON 3648 10109 3607 10107 3607 10001 3648 10002 $$ JJB
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KAMA 200526 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1224 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 TXC295-357-200630- LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX- 1224 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB COUNTIES... AT MIDNIGHT CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF HIGGINS IN SOUTHEAST LIPSCOMB COUNTY. WIDESPREAD ROAD FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN HIGGINS MAINLY IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF TOWN. LIPSCOMB AND OCHILTREE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES INDICATED NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING OVER THE SATURATED AREAS SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 130 AM CDT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKA... PERRYTON...FOLLETT...FARNSWORTH...DARROUZETT AND BOOKER BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AMARILLO. LAT...LON 3648 10109 3607 10107 3607 10001 3648 10002 $$ JJB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 743 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 .AVIATION... ONGOING STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL AFFECT THE AMARILLO AND DALHART TAF SITES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AND SHOULD AFFECT THE GUYMON TAF SITE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES CAUSING IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS TUESDAY. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 719 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/ UPDATE... WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING...QUICKLY UPDATED ZFP TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING AND INCREASE POP CHANCES. COULD STILL SEE THE STORMS LINGER INTO THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TIME FRAME. JJB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/ UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 AM WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS IN KANSAS TO DEVELOP INTO AN MCS AND MOVE SOUTH INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT. JJB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/ DISCUSSION... 19Z AMA SOUNDING THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS LOTS OF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IF THE CAP CAN BE BROKEN. SOME CONVECTION IS TRYING TO GO IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHERE A SURFACE TROUGH IS HELPING TO FOCUS SOME VERTICAL MOTIONS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...WHERE THE CAP WILL BE THE WEAKEST...WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...A TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CAPE AVAILABLE AND THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AT HAND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES...THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ONLY BUILDING WITH TIME... BELIEVE THE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS AT BAY...SO WILL NOT INSERT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST BEYOND TONIGHT. MAINLY KEPT WITH THE MEX NUMBERS FOR HIGHS AND LOWS AS THEY HAVE COOLED A LITTLE OVER THE LAST FEW RUNS. SO CONFIDENCE IN THESE NUMBERS HAS INCREASED GIVEN THE LATEST SYNOPTIC SITUATION. AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 612 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-201100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 612 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCHNEIDER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1012 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0916 PM HAIL 1.5 NNW CANYON 35.00N 101.93W
06/19/2007 E0.75 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
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KJSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1009 PM HAIL 12 E HARDESTY 36.61N 100.98W
06/19/2007 E1.75 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SDLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:20 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1019 PM TSTM WND GST BOOKER 36.46N 100.54W
06/19/2007 E60 MPH LIPSCOMB TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
SDLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1021 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM HAIL ADAMS 36.75N 101.08W
06/19/2007 E0.88 INCH TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CKLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1022 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM HAIL 4 N BOOKER 36.51N 100.54W
06/19/2007 E1.25 INCH BEAVER OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ON TX AND OK STATE LINE
&&
SDLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:24 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1024 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM HAIL 8.5 NW GUYMON 36.77N 101.59W
06/19/2007 E0.75 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL ONGOING
&&
JJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 75 min |
| Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 70 min |
| Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 88 min |
| Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 76 min |
| Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley | 85 min |
| Jun 19, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 95 min |
| Jun 20, 1:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 73 min |
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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.