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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2024, 7:52 PM CDT for Carson County, Gray County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 96 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2024, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2024, 9:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884
WGUS54 KAMA 240052
FFWAMA
TXC065-179-393-240400-
/O.NEW.KAMA.FF.W.0021.240624T0052Z-240624T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
752 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Carson County in the panhandle of Texas...
Northwestern Gray County in the panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Roberts County in the panhandle of Texas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 752 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pampa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3555 10114 3559 10110 3563 10106 3567 10103
3569 10101 3570 10097 3570 10091 3569 10085
3566 10084 3561 10089 3555 10097 3551 10105
3551 10111
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
TLH1 follow-up statement
280
WGUS74 KAMA 240228
FFSAMA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
928 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024
TXC065-179-393-240238-
/O.CAN.KAMA.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240624T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carson TX-Gray TX-Roberts TX-
928 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EASTERN CARSON, NORTHWESTERN
GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3555 10114 3559 10110 3563 10106 3567 10103
3569 10101 3570 10097 3570 10091 3569 10085
3566 10084 3561 10089 3555 10097 3551 10105
3551 10111
$$
TLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Carson, Gray | 119 min |
| Jun 24, 3:29 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 5 more | 41 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.