Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX

414 
WGUS74 KAMA 292014
FFSAMA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
314 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXC179-211-393-483-292230-
/O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160529T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHEELER TX-ROBERTS TX-GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-
314 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTS...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND
SOUTHWESTERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES...

AT 313 PM CDT...ROBERTS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING NEAR MIAMI WHICH HAS CLOSED ONE LANE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60.
APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN WITH
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS CLEAR THE AREA. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIAMI...LORA AND CODMAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3586 10042 3570 10020 3558 10040 3558 10083
      3572 10095 3584 10087 3587 10077

$$

BIEDA

240 
WGUS74 KAMA 292134
FFSAMA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXC179-211-393-483-292230-
/O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160529T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHEELER TX-ROBERTS TX-GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTS...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND
SOUTHWESTERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING EAST OF
MIAMI CONTINUING WITH WATER OVER PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60.  TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH RAIN STILL FALLING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MIAMI...LORA
AND CODMAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3586 10042 3570 10020 3558 10040 3558 10083
      3572 10095 3584 10087 3587 10077

$$

BIEDA

364 
WGUS74 KAMA 292225
FFSAMA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
525 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXC179-211-393-483-292235-
/O.EXP.KAMA.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160529T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHEELER TX-ROBERTS TX-GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-
525 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...SOUTHEASTERN
ROBERTS...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAIN HAS TAPPERED OFF TO LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
WITH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING RECEIVED.
THEREFORE...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3586 10042 3570 10020 3558 10040 3558 10083
      3572 10095 3584 10087 3587 10077

$$

BIEDA

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1234 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

.Aviation...
Dryline remains west of forecast area, and is expected to remain west
of all terminals through this forecast period.  Scattered
thunderstorms expected to develop along and ahead of dryline as
vorticity maximum near KROW moves in from the southwest.  Considerable
uncertainty regarding timing and location of thunderstorms.  Will
keep thunder in forecasts through 03z Monday at northern terminals
and through 08z at KAMA. May see early morning stratus develop,
depending on how convection evolves through the evening.

Cockrell

&&

.Prev Discussion... /Issued 950 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016/

Update...
Issued a quick update to increase morning pops and call for areal
qualifiers for precipitation.  No other changes at this time.

Cockrell

Prev Discussion... /Issued 535 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016/

Aviation.../For the 12z TAFs/
Model guidance has struggled significantly this morning with
convection. Their depiction of significant WAA/elevated convection
and resultant outflow this morning has not happened to the degree
shown. Today will be particularly challening for timing of
convection. We will become quite unstable by afternoon and this
should result in convection developing but boundaries or other subtle
features to focus this activity is not clear at this time. The most
likely scenario is for a weak shortwave in New Mexico to cause storms
to develop by early afternoon in eastern New Mexico. These storms may
be somewhat high based given the expected dry subcloud layer but will
move into a more moist/unstable environment and intensify/expand as
they enter the Texas Panhandle. Storm motions may be slow initially
but may accelerate as cold pool forms. Timing of VCTS at the three
terminals may need to be adjusted and once confidence increases
prevailing thunder may need to be added. There may be a window for
MVFR stratus to form this morning with the most likely sites to
experience this being Dalhart and Amarillo. Otherwise VFR conditions
should prevail.

BRB

Prev Discussion... /Issued 321 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016/

Discussion...
Uncertainties for this forecast begin in the near term. There is a
strong signal in most guidance for elevated convection early this
morning in the northeast Texas Panhandle in response to substantial
northward low level moisture surge and a weak perturbation in
westerly flow aloft. Latest Layer Precipitable Water imagery from
CIRA shows the leading edge of low level moisture return delayed
from model depictions and generally collocated with large convective
cluster over western North Texas. So this casts some doubt on how
robust this moisture surge will be toward morning and how effective
it will be at generating convection. We will continue to monitor
trends but for now have kept precipitation probabilities low until
diurnal instability builds later in the day and a more substantial
vort max approaches.

Current thinking is that convection may initiate fairly early in
eastern New Mexico ahead of aforementioned approaching perturbation
with storms gradually intensifying/expanding as they move into a
more moist and unstable environment across the Central Panhandles
where surface based instability should be larger. This is our
thinking on the most concentrated area of convection, although other
storms could form earlier and further east once convective
temperatures are reached. Modest mid level flow will result in
marginal shear values for storm organization and persistence but
amount of instability and a fairly deep dry sub-cloud layer across
the west where convection may become most concentrated early on
suggest cold pool development/propagation may largely drive storm
motions by late afternoon and evening. There will be enough
instability to support marginally severe storms with hail and wind
being the primary threats. Hail would likely dominate early with any
of the convection that forms, followed by wind becoming more dominate
as cold pool matures and a convective complex potentially evolves and
accelerates east-southeastward across the area during the late
afternoon and evening.

The above scenario is dependent on how the near term situation
evolves. If elevated morning convection is more extensive like many
CAMs suggest, this would alter how surface based convection evolves
later in the day, potentially significantly limiting coverage if
significant overturning occurs and clouds limit diabatic
heating/destabilization. The same is true for tomorrow. If upstream
low level trajectories come from a region that is significantly
convectively overturned from overnight convection, this will tend to
limit coverage of storms later tomorrow. The most likely scenario as
it appears now is that weak forcing at best will be present as the
closed low remains well west of our area, and so convection should be
strongly diurnally driven. We have placed the highest probabilities
in the western half of the Panhandles where low level confluence may
be enhanced near depending lee trough in eastern New Mexico. Residual
boundaries from previous day convection may also focus new
development as destabilization occurs by afternoon. These small scale
details cannot be resolved at this time range and further refinements
to spatial/temporal details will be needed.

On Tuesday, similar concerns to previous days with regards to
convective overturning and residual boundaries exist, although the
pattern will become more synoptically active with better forcing.
The southwestern closed upper low is somewhat in phase with a
northern stream system, although the northern stream system
accelerates eastward quicker and forces a weak synoptic boundary
down into the area Tuesday afternoon as the southern stream upper low
lingers to our southwest. This front will move through Wednesday and
have lowered precipitation chances and temperatures behind the front.
The weak upper low will pass south of our area and slowly move east
through late week. Ridging will gradually build in its wake with dry
northerly mid-upper flow is expected into the weekend.

BRB

&&

.AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

03/98

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
207 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-300715-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
207 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 227 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SOME STORMS DURING THIS
PERIOD MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD ACTIVATE FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS SHOULD BE READY TO ACTIVATE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

BIEDA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1254 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXZ003-004-008-009-291900-
ROBERTS TX-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
1254 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS...
SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 1253 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARMAN AND WAKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 10110 3617 10144 3640 10112 3605 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 228DEG 5KT 3607 10118

JC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
112 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXZ003-004-008>010-291915-
ROBERTS TX-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-HUTCHINSON TX-HEMPHILL TX-
112 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTS...SOUTHWESTERN
HEMPHILL...WESTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHERN HANSFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPEARMAN TO NEAR MIAMI.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARMAN...MIAMI...GRUVER...WAKA...FARNSWORTH AND LORA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 10021 3563 10073 3621 10154 3650 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 223DEG 27KT 3616 10126 3569 10060

JC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
128 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXZ008-013-291930-
CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
128 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON AND
HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BORGER...FRITCH...STINNETT...SANFORD AND PRINGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3600 10162 3597 10109 3569 10108 3553 10126
      3551 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 226DEG 14KT 3565 10139

JC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
227 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

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

0222 PM     HAIL             2 E MIAMI               35.69N 100.60W
05/29/2016  E1.25 INCH       ROBERTS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATING ON HWY
            60.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600512

CE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
233 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

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

0129 PM     HAIL             2 WSW BORGER            35.65N 101.43W
05/29/2016  E1.75 INCH       HUTCHINSON         TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600513

CE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
235 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

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

0125 PM     HAIL             FRITCH                  35.64N 101.60W
05/29/2016  E0.88 INCH       HUTCHINSON         TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600514

CE