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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 8, 2023Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 8, 2023, 10:47 AM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 8, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2023, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2023, 9:32 AM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Canadian River at Amarillo (AMAT2). The gauge peaked at 5.68 ft at Jun 8, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07227500, 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 8, 6:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 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 7, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	27 min
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	30 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	30 min
Jun 7, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	46 min
Jun 7, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	35 min
Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	26 min
Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	40 min
Jun 7, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Oldham	35 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	33 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	6 hr
Jun 8, 12:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	108 min
Jun 8, 12:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	5 hr
Jun 8, 1:04 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong	2 hr
Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong	7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.