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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 24, 201420 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 24, 2014, 3:24 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2014, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 25, 2014, 6:52 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: None

All 23 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:09 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
309 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-250815-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
309 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST
CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY AND WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70
MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL THAT CAN LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING...AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS
THAT DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME PERIOD MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
139 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 N HEREFORD            34.94N 102.40W
06/24/2014                   DEAF SMITH         TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FM 1062 FLOODED IN EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY WITH 4.5
            INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN ROUGHLY 2.5 HOURS

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400521

BJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	61 min
Jun 23, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	77 min
Jun 23, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	48 min
Jun 23, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	52 min
Jun 24, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	51 min
Jun 24, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	49 min
Jun 24, 5:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	38 min
Jun 24, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	45 min
Jun 24, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	38 min
Jun 24, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	50 min
Jun 24, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	42 min
Jun 24, 7:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	3 hr
Jun 24, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	52 min
Jun 24, 8:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	55 min
Jun 24, 8:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	4 hr
Jun 24, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	40 min
Jun 24, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	43 min
Jun 24, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	44 min
Jun 24, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	53 min
Jun 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	46 min
Jun 23, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	40 min
Jun 24, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	38 min
Jun 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.