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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 23, 201916 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 23, 2019, 3:48 AM CDT for 16 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 23, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2019, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 May 23, 12:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:26 PM CDT, 11 hours 22 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
May 23, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	24 min
May 23, 7:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	50 min
May 23, 8:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	47 min
May 23, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	49 min
May 23, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	35 min
May 23, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore, Sherman	47 min
May 23, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	31 min
May 23, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	31 min
May 23, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Moore	44 min
May 23, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	31 min
May 23, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree	54 min
May 23, 3:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	3 hr
May 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	62 min
May 23, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	41 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	53 min
May 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Randall	64 min
May 23, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	50 min
May 23, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	64 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter	66 min
May 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman	46 min
May 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	3 hr
May 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	38 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	33 min
May 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall	48 min
May 23, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	58 min
May 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Roberts	38 min
May 23, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	65 min
May 23, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	3 hr
May 23, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts	44 min
May 23, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	67 min
May 23, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	45 min
May 23, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	66 min
May 23, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	76 min
May 23, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter, Randall	61 min
May 23, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts	65 min
May 23, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	36 min
May 23, 9:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	38 min
May 23, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	35 min
May 23, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	47 min
May 23, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	29 min
May 23, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	27 min
May 23, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	51 min
May 23, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	18 min

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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.