Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX

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WGUS74 KAMA 292330
FFSAMA

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

TXC011-065-117-375-381-292339-
/O.CAN.KAMA.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160530T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEAF SMITH TX-ARMSTRONG TX-CARSON TX-RANDALL TX-POTTER TX-
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN DEAF SMITH...ARMSTRONG...
SOUTHWESTERN CARSON...RANDALL AND SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3475 10263 3518 10235 3518 10217 3522 10217
      3527 10189 3538 10162 3518 10148 3518 10123
      3502 10124 3503 10109 3475 10109

$$

MB

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

.Mesoscale Update...
...Severe weather and flash flooding is likely today...
An upper low located over southern California has placed our region
under southwesterly flow aloft. A passing shortwave trough over
eastern New Mexico has promoted lee side cyclogenesis over
southeastern Colorado, while aiding in sharpening the dryline over
eastern New Mexico. The latest 18z sounding indicated plenty of
MLCAPE 2000-3000 J/kg, with PW approaching an inch. Thunderstorms in
the area have produced large hail and heavy rainfall. At present,
damaging winds have not been noted, but will likely become a concern
should storms organize in a linear fashion. Storm development will
continue this afternoon across a line west to east from Channing to
Miami to the Oklahoma state line, with these storms slowly moving
east. Additional storm development along the dryline in eastern New
Mexico has the potential to organize in a linear mode, with potential
cold pool propagation to the east later this afternoon and evening.
Storms should continue to develop and move east through late tonight.

Bieda

&&

.Discussion...See above mesoscale update for information about
today's forecast.  Monday is going to be dependent on convection
ongoing this afternoon. Should cloud cover and a significant cold
pool remain, potentially delaying the onset of heating Monday, then
the severe weather potential will be focused along the dryline
expected to remain in eastern New Mexico. Should the atmosphere
recover from today's convection, then convection could initiate by
midday with a forecasted 2500-3500 J/kg of MLCAPE. Convective timing
will be dependent on a passing negatively tilted short wave trough
ejecting out from the desert southwest. Vertical shear of 35-40 kts
will be supportive of linear and discrete supercell formation with
large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall the likely threats. The
tornado threat cannot be ruled out on Monday, especially as vorticity
maxima pass aloft aiding in the veering of winds.

On Tuesday into Wednesday, the upper low will remain cut off over
southern Arizona. Continued southwesterly flow will remain over the
region, with another upper low across the northern tier of the U.S.
helping push a cold front down the front range of the Rockies. As
moist southeasterly flow remains over our area, and the dryline
continues to hang back along the NM/TX stateline, another round of
thunderstorms (some of which could be severe) Tuesday afternoon.
Latest forecast guidance suggests that anywhere between 1500-2500
J/kg of MLCAPE will be possible, but shear remains quite light. This
could limit severe convective potential, but large hail and damaging
winds are still possible with the strongest storms.

A cold front pushing through the area on Wednesday will help push
moisture further south away from the area, with upper level low
possibly weakening Wednesday and Thursday. With northerly flow behind
the passing cold front, a drier airmass will be in place such that
the precipitation chances expected to decrease as the day progresses
Wednesday afternoon. Dry northerly flow will remain on Thursday and
Friday, with a ridge of high pressure building over the desert
southwest. This should help keep gulf moisture well south and east of
our area, and limit convective potential for the remainder of the
forecast period.

Bieda

&&

.Aviation...Previous Discussion...18z TAFs...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

&&

.Hydrology...Latest radar is showing a line of slow moving
thunderstorms across the western and central portions of the Texas
Panhandle. In combination with the latest 18z sounding showing
increasing PWV values to around an inch, and expected storm motions
on the order of 10 to 20 MPH, have issued a flash flood watch for the
entire Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles through 1 AM Monday morning.
As the region stays under moist low level southeasterly flow, and
with slow forward progression of an upper low over the desert
southwest, the combined Panhandles will remain primed for slow moving
thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rainfall Monday thru
Wednesday. A cold front is expected to move into the combined
Panhandles on Wednesday, and push out moisture by late Wednesday
night.

Bieda

&&

.Preliminary Point Temps/Pops...
Amarillo TX                83  56  83  58  81 /  60  50  50  40  60
Beaver OK                  79  55  86  60  81 /  90  40  20  30  60
Boise City OK              81  51  83  54  76 /  30  30  30  20  40
Borger TX                  80  57  85  61  84 /  90  50  40  40  60
Boys Ranch TX              85  56  88  58  84 /  90  40  50  30  50
Canyon TX                  86  56  87  58  85 /  60  40  50  40  60
Clarendon TX               84  59  80  60  80 /  60  50  40  40  60
Dalhart TX                 84  54  87  55  80 /  90  40  30  20  40
Guymon OK                  78  55  86  58  80 /  50  40  40  30  50
Hereford TX                82  55  88  59  83 /  50  40  50  30  50
Lipscomb TX                81  57  83  61  81 /  90  50  20  40  60
Pampa TX                   82  56  82  60  83 /  90  50  40  40  60
Shamrock TX                86  59  82  62  80 /  70  60  30  40  60
Wellington TX              89  61  84  63  82 /  70  70  30  40  70

&&

.AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
TX...Flash Flood Watch until 1 AM CDT Monday for the following zones:
     Armstrong...Carson...Collingsworth...Dallam...Deaf Smith...
     Donley...Gray...Hansford...Hartley...Hemphill...
     Hutchinson...Lipscomb...Moore...Ochiltree...Oldham...
     Potter...Randall...Roberts...Sherman...Wheeler.

OK...Flash Flood Watch until 1 AM CDT Monday for the following zones:
     Beaver...Cimarron...Texas.

&&

3/98

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

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

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

0426 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W ALANREED            35.21N 100.75W
05/29/2016                   GRAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            FLASH FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS WITH WATER REPORTED OVER
            INTERSTATE 40 NEAR ALANREED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600532

BIEDA

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

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

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S GAGEBY              35.61N 100.34W
05/29/2016                   WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            U.S. HIGHWAY 83 IS FLOODED AND CLOSED AT THE HEMPHILL
            AND WHEELER COUNTY LINE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600533

BIEDA

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

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

0504 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E WHEELER             35.44N 100.24W
05/29/2016                   WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TEXAS HIGHWAY 152 EAST OF WHEELER ALONG COUNTY ROAD 17
            IS FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600534

BIEDA

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

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

0506 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NE GAGEBY             35.45N 100.11W
05/29/2016                   WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 592 NORTH OF TEXAS HIGHWAY 152 IS FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600535

BIEDA

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

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

0507 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SHAMROCK                35.22N 100.25W
05/29/2016                   WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTING THAT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE
            HIGHWAY 40 IS UNDERWATER THROUGHOUT WHEELER COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600536

BIEDA

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

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

0509 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WHEELER                 35.44N 100.28W
05/29/2016                   WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTHWEST
            SIDE OF WHEELER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600537

BIEDA