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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 25, 2026Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2026, 9:29 AM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Sep 25, 2026, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2026, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 361 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1063 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong30 min
Sep 24, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall28 min
Sep 24, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith117 min
Sep 24, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong24 min
Sep 24, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong29 min
Sep 24, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson35 min
Sep 24, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall3 hr
Sep 24, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson25 min
Sep 24, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson29 min
Sep 25, 1:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall3 hr
Sep 25, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall3 hr
Sep 25, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr

Nearby

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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.