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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 25, 20264 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2026, 8:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 25, 2026, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2026, 10:48 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 326 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith25 min
Aug 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall60 min
Aug 25, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMACarson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter and 3 more58 min
Aug 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMAMoore46 min
Aug 25, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall59 min
Aug 25, 7:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAMoore114 min
Aug 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall63 min
Aug 25, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall7 min
Aug 25, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMAArmstrong, Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore and 4 more62 min
Aug 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 3 more63 min
Aug 25, 9:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson3 hr
Aug 25, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler53 min
Aug 25, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter3 hr
Aug 26, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver32 min
Aug 26, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.