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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2012, 6:36 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
- Apr 11, 2012, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fritch, TX | HIGHWAY 136 IN FRITCH IS CLOSED. |
| Apr 11, 9:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fritch, TX | 2 FEET OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 136 AND CANADIAN DRIVE. CARS ARE STALLED IN THE STREET. SIDE STREETS HAVE WATER FROM CURB TO CURB. |
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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WGUS54 KAMA 112336 FFWAMA TXC065-233-120330- /O.NEW.KAMA.FF.W.0002.120411T2336Z-120412T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 636 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BORGER... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN FRITCH. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 136 INTO BORGER. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO MOVE INTO STINNETT. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FRITCH...STINNETT...AND BORGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3585 10163 3584 10109 3548 10109 3547 10162 $$ MOULTON
2 follow-up statements
610 WGUS74 KAMA 120035 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 735 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 TXC065-233-120330- /O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120412T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUTCHINSON TX-CARSON TX- 735 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CARSON AND SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES... TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED HIGHWAY 136 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING IN FRITCH. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FROM FRITCH EASTWARD INTO BORGER CAUSING AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BORGER...FRITCH...STINNETT AND SANFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3585 10163 3584 10109 3548 10109 3547 10162 $$ MOULTON
395 WGUS74 KAMA 120149 FFSAMA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 849 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 TXC065-233-120330- /O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120412T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUTCHINSON TX-CARSON TX- 849 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CARSON AND SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES... MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FRITCH AND BORGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE LIKELY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BORGER...SANFORD AND FRITCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3585 10163 3584 10109 3548 10109 3547 10162 $$ AM/LG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Moore, Potter | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 64 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.