Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in the northeastern Texas panhandle during the late morning hours.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in the northeastern Texas panhandle during the late morning hours.
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 Oct 19, 9:30 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1030 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002 UPDATED FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO LOWERED TEMPERATURES IN ALL AREAS...AS TEMPERATURES WILL EITHER STAY STEADY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... OR SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN ONGOING OVER PORTIONS OF ROBERTS AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE APPROACHING 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. LATEST MESOSCALE MODELS AGREE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. FCSTID = 14 FOX .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE.
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191800- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1017 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. SOME HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported on U.S. Highway 60 from five mile park to seven mile park.
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