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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 25, 2024Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2024, 7:27 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2024, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2024, 9:20 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
245 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-260745-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
245 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible through this evening across the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms may become severe, with
damaging winds and large hail the primary hazards.

Temperatures or Heat Index values of 105 to 108 degrees are
expected to continue into early this evening across the eastern
Oklahoma Panhandle, most of the eastern half of the Texas
Panhandle, and the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. A Heat Advisory is
in effect for this area until 8 PM this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

High temperatures or Heat Index values approaching or exceeding
105 degrees may occur across parts of the Oklahoma and Texas
Panhandles on Wednesday and Friday. A Heat Advisory is in effect
for the Palo Duro Canyon State Park on Wednesday from 1 PM to 8 PM
as high temperatures or heat index values of 105 to 107 degrees are
anticipated. Additional Heat Advisories may be needed Wednesday
and Friday.

Thunderstorms will be possible across at least parts of the Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandles Wednesday afternoon through Sunday evening.
Any storms that form are expected to remain below severe levels at
this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Limited spotter activation may be needed through this evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
422 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

TXZ007-008-012-013-252145-
Hutchinson TX-Potter TX-Carson TX-Moore TX-
422 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CARSON...
SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND SOUTHEASTERN MOORE
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT...

At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northwest of Lake Meredith, or 18 miles southeast of Dumas,
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fritch, Sanford, and Lake Meredith.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Lake Meredith, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3561 10184 3578 10178 3575 10143 3548 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 285DEG 8KT 3568 10173

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

SS

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
456 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

TXZ007-008-012-252230-
Hutchinson TX-Potter TX-Moore TX-
456 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON...
NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
CDT...

At 456 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Lake Meredith, or 14 miles southeast of Dumas,
moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Dumas, Fritch, Sanford, and Lake Meredith.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

If on or near Lake Meredith, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3585 10199 3593 10187 3576 10143 3562 10160
      3562 10162 3560 10162 3550 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 298DEG 6KT 3574 10176

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

SS

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:59 PM CDT, 28 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 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	60 min
Jun 25, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	56 min
Jun 25, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	53 min
Jun 25, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	59 min
Jun 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	85 min
Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	51 min
Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	31 min
Jun 26, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	23 min
Jun 26, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	23 min
Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	30 min
Jun 26, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman	54 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	38 min
Jun 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Sherman	52 min
Jun 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	37 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	22 min
Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	55 min
Jun 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	34 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	53 min
Jun 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	35 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.