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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 26, 2026Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2026, 12:36 AM CDT for Randall County, 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
Sep 26, 2026, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2026, 2:55 AM CDT
In force
2 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 05:36 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, 5.6 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 2026-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 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 2026-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
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 25, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley27 min
Sep 25, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley29 min
Sep 25, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith24 min
Sep 25, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore24 min
Sep 25, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAMoore45 min
Sep 25, 11:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith4 hr
Sep 26, 12:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall20 min
Sep 26, 12:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall3 hr
Sep 26, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson25 min
Sep 26, 2:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall3 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.