to flood over the roads during the early morning hours.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall caused Carrizo Creek in extreme southern Dallam and extreme northern Hartley counties...west-northwest and west-southwest of Dalhart...to flood over the roads during the early 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 Jun 30, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 330 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... H5 AND H7 TROFS EXTDG SEWD FM NERN NM INTO SWRN TX PNHDL ATTM. THESE TROFS WL SHARPEN TDA AS THEY MOV SLOWLY NEWD. RICH DEEP MSTR RMNS IN PLACE OVR PNHDLS...AND WK DYNAMICS FM MID-LVL CURVATURE WL ASSIST IN UPWARD MOTIONS AND PRODUCTION OF PCPN. WE WL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR SRN...WRN...AND CNTRL TX PNHDL TDA...IN AREAS WHERE MDT TO HVY PCPN EXPCD...AND WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE AOB 1.5 INCHES PER 3 HRS SHOULD BE EASY TO ATTAIN. HAVE LOWERED MAX TEMPS SLGTLY TDA...AS CLDS AND PCPN WL ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB ONLY SLGTLY ABV THOSE OF YDA. H5 TROF TO BE E OF PNHDLS BY 12Z THU...YET MSTR NOT EXPCD TO BE DEPLETED. H8 AND H7 THETA-E VALUES RECOVER SMARTLY THU AFTN/EVE... WHILE IN ENVIRONMENT OF INCRG NWLY FLOW...INCRG SELY LOW-LVL WNDS ...AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES. THUS...CONTG WITH SCT TSTMS THU AFTN/EVE. NO CHANGES TO LATER PDS. GRDL WMG TREND FRI THRU TUE...WITH NO POPS ATTM. JC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO 76 63 85 65 / 80 40 30 30 BEAVER 78 66 88 66 / 80 40 30 30 BOISE CITY 78 62 88 61 / 70 40 30 30 BORGER 77 65 86 66 / 90 40 30 30 BOYS RANCH 77 64 88 65 / 80 40 30 30 CANYON 77 63 87 64 / 80 40 30 30 CLARENDON 78 65 86 68 / 90 40 30 30 DALHART 76 62 88 64 / 70 40 30 30 GUYMON 78 65 88 67 / 80 40 30 30 HEREFORD 78 62 89 65 / 80 40 30 30 LIPSCOMB 76 65 88 66 / 90 40 30 30 PAMPA 76 64 85 66 / 90 40 30 30 SHAMROCK 77 66 87 66 / 90 40 30 30 WELLINGTON 79 66 87 68 / 100 40 30 30 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH TODAY TX ZONES 01>02..06>08..11>20. OK...NONE. && 04/03
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1200 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 1200 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS STORMS FORM ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST AND MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JORDAN
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:45 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Twelve inches of water over the road as Carrizo Creek flooded west-southwest of Dalhart.
Six to eight inches of water with some twelve inches over Farm to Market road 1727 west-northwest of Dalhart as Carrizo Creek flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5410343, 5410344.