Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced flooding in the extreme western Texas panhandle where around four and a half inches of rain fell. Wreckers were busy pulling stranded cars out of the high water and water was up to and in a mobile home's back door.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced flooding in the extreme western Texas panhandle where around four and a half inches of rain fell. Wreckers were busy pulling stranded cars out of the high water and water was up to and in a mobile home's back door.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 6, 2:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 328 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002 UPPER LOW IN CENTRAL NM WILL BRING ENERGY OVER THE OK/TX PNHDLS THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT THE CHANCE FOR MORE STORMS OVER THE CWA THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS THE MOIST LL FLOW CONTINUES. ANY BOUNDARIES WILL ALSO BE A FOCUS FOR STORM ACTIVITY. FOR NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA AND STARTS A DRYING TREND. A WEAK FRONT SINKS TOWARD THE AREA LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE RAIN CHANCES TO PEAK ONCE AGAIN. THEN STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD. CURRENT PACKAGE APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS AND TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. FCSTID = 21 AMARILLO 82 65 85 64 / 60 40 40 30 BEAVER 86 66 88 65 / 60 40 30 30 BOISE CITY 84 62 85 62 / 60 40 40 30 BORGER 82 65 87 65 / 60 40 40 30 BOYS RANCH 81 66 86 66 / 60 40 50 30 CANYON 82 65 86 64 / 60 40 40 30 CLARENDON 84 66 88 66 / 60 40 30 30 DALHART 84 63 86 64 / 60 40 40 30 GUYMON 84 64 86 63 / 60 40 40 30 HEREFORD 81 65 85 64 / 60 40 40 30 LIPSCOMB 86 65 88 65 / 60 40 30 30 PAMPA 85 64 86 64 / 60 40 30 30 SHAMROCK 84 67 88 66 / 60 40 30 30 WELLINGTON 84 68 89 67 / 60 40 30 30 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. WYNNE
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous cars were stranded in high water in the town of Vega.
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