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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 10, 2015Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 10, 2015, 3:29 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2015, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2015, 6:49 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 Aug 10, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 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
Aug 9, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	31 min
Aug 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	43 min
Aug 9, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill	3 hr
Aug 9, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	54 min
Aug 9, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	43 min
Aug 9, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	44 min
Aug 9, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	53 min
Aug 9, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	63 min
Aug 10, 12:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam	4 hr
Aug 10, 1:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	4 hr
Aug 9, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	53 min
Aug 9, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	28 min
Aug 10, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	40 min
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	30 min

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.