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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 7, 2010Collingsworth County, Donley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 7, 2010, 11:14 AM CDT for Collingsworth County, Donley County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 7, 2010, 11:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2010, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2010, 11:20 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2010, 2:20 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington (WLGT2). The gauge peaked at 7.94 ft at Jul 7, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07300000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 7, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 12:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth	6 hr
Jul 7, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	4 hr
Jul 7, 3:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more	49 hr
Jul 7, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	4 hr
Jul 7, 5:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.