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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2008, 8:59 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. 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
- Aug 18, 2008, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KAMA 190159 FFWAMA OKC007-TXC295-357-190500- /O.NEW.KAMA.FF.W.0013.080819T0159Z-080819T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 859 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA... LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIPSCOMB... EASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PERRYTON... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 853 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED WITH ADDTIONAL RAINS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAPOUT... ELMWOOD...BALKO...WOLF CREEK PARK...FOLLETT...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 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...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3606 10000 3607 10092 3676 10073 3678 10001 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KAMA 190311 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1011 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 OKC007-TXC295-357-190500- /O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080819T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX- 1011 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...INCLUDING ROADS AROUND ELMWOOD...BOOKER...AND WOLF CREEK PARK. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAPOUT... ELMWOOD...BALKO...FOLLETT...DARROUZETT AND BOOKER BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AMARILLO. LAT...LON 3606 10000 3607 10092 3676 10073 3678 10001 $$ JC
000 WGUS74 KAMA 190452 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1152 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 OKC007-TXC295-357-190500- /O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080819T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX- 1152 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 1140 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATERS WERE RECEDING AND THAT NO REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE BEING RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION...AND REMAIN ALERT FOR AREAS OF PONDED WATER. LAT...LON 3606 10000 3607 10092 3676 10073 3678 10001 $$ JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | AMA | Beaver | 9 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.