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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX
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 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.
- 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
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 National Weather Service Amarillo TX 222 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-100900- 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- 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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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Donley, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong | 23 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.