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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 3, 2023Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2023, 6:12 AM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2023, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2023, 1:57 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wolf Creek at Lipscomb (LCBT2). The gauge peaked at 9.77 ft at Jun 3, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07235000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 3:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 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
Jun 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	15 hr
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill	28 hr
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	36 hr
Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	11 hr
Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter	7 hr
Jun 3, 5:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	64 min
Jun 3, 6:59 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Potter	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter	24 hr
Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	53 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	64 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith	53 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	4 hr
Jun 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	98 min
Jun 3, 6:12 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	2 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.