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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 31, 201712 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 31, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jul 31, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 31, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2017, 10:48 PM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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 30, 6:34 PM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:34 PM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:16 PM CDT, 12 hours 56 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 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	41 min
Jul 30, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	26 min
Jul 30, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	48 min
Jul 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	47 min
Jul 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	3 hr
Jul 30, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter, Randall	48 min
Jul 30, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	3 hr
Jul 30, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	6 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.