Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2007, 10:14 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 8 reports 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
- May 23, 2007, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2007, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 03:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:12 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 Sse Perryton, TX | WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD WHERE HIGHWAY 83 CROSSES THE SOUTH FORK OF WOLF CREEK |
| May 23, 11:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 23 Ssw Perryton, TX | WATER FLOWING ACROSS CR 8 SOUTH OF FM 281 |
| May 24, 12:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 14 Sse Perryton, TX | STRANDED MOTORIST ON HIGHWAY 83 PULLED FROM HIGH WATER BY RESCUE WORKERS |
| May 24, 1:39 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 14 Sse Perryton, TX | STRANDED MOTORIST ON HIGHWAY 83 PULLED FROM HIGH WATER BY RESCUE WORKERS |
| May 24, 1:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 S Perryton, TX | STATE HIGHWAYS 83 AND 70 REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON TO THE COUNTY LINE. FM 281 AND FM 759 ARE ALSO CLOSED SOUTH OF PERRYTON. |
| May 24, 1:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 Sw Perryton, TX | FARM TO MARKET 759 CLOSED FROM STATE HIGHWAY 70 TO SPEARMAN...2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD SURFACE |
| May 24, 1:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Perryton, TX | HIGHWAY 83 CLOSED FROM PERRYTON TO CANADIAN DUE TO 5 TO 6 FEET OF WATER OVER SOUTH WOLF CREEK BRIDGE...NORTH WOLF CREEK BRIDGE ALMOST FLOODED |
| May 24, 1:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wolf Creek Park, TX | UNABLE TO REACH LAKE FRYER DUE TO FLOODING OF ROAD INTO PARK...WATER WELL OVER SPILLWAY AT UNKNOWN DEPTH |
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, 3.2 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KAMA 240318 FFWAMA TXC295-357-240715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1014 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 1012 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 WOLF CREEK PARK VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WOLF CREEK PARK...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 AND HIGHWAY 70. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. LAT...LON 3605 10091 3605 10039 3639 10039 3629 10092 $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KAMA 240422 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1118 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 TXC295-357-240715- LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX- 1118 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN OCHILTREE AND WESTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES... AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN OCHILTREE AND WESTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF CREEK PARK DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS...MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER HAS COVERED HIGHWAY 83 WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE SOUTH FORK OF WOLF CREEK. OTHER ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE COVERED WITH WATER THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AMARILLO. LAT...LON 3606 10101 3605 10039 3639 10039 3628 10102 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 63 min |
| May 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 63 min |
| May 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 63 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 58 min |
| May 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 66 min |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 59 min |
| May 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 62 min |
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roberts | 61 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 65 min |
| May 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 52 min |
| May 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Roberts | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 60 min |
| May 23, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 57 min |
| May 23, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 63 min |
| May 24, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 54 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.