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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 9, 2024Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2024, 11:33 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 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 9, 2024, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2024, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 9, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:22 PM CDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
222 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024

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Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
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Palo Duro Canyon-
222 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024

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

.DAY ONE...through Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
tonight. A few storms could be strong to severe, with the primary
hazards being large hail and damaging wind gusts. Heavy rainfall
may occur with some of the storms which could lead to flooding or
flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms will continue to be possible Monday and Tuesday
across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Some of these storms
could be strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and large hail
the primary hazards. Additionally, heavy rainfall on Monday may
lead to flooding and flash flooding.

Hot temperatures are possible on Thursday across portions of the
Panhandles, in particular for Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall3 hr
Jun 10, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMADeaf Smith3 hr
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
Jun 10, 1:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith, Oldham3 hr
Jun 10, 2:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham3 hr
Jun 10, 2:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Donley, Randall3 hr
Jun 10, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall42 min
Jun 10, 12:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall5 hr
Jun 10, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
Jun 10, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAOldham, Potter3 hr
Jun 10, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley36 min
Jun 10, 1:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
Jun 10, 2:01 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong23 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.