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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 6, 201511 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 6, 2015, 4:13 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 6, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2015, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2015, 8:37 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 Jul 5, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith	4 hr
Jul 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	41 min
Jul 6, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	50 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	45 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	65 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	56 min
Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	65 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler	57 min
Jul 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	4 hr
Jul 6, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	42 min
Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	4 hr
Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	4 hr
Jul 6, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	35 min
Jul 6, 6:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong	15 hr
Jul 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Gray	42 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson	4 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.