Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall remained over the southwest Texas panhandle from the late morning and into the early evening hours. This led to serious flooding in the town of Hereford where parts of Hereford were reported to be under water.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall remained over the southwest Texas panhandle from the late morning and into the early evening hours. This led to serious flooding in the town of Hereford where parts of Hereford were reported to be under water. The hardest hit area was the San Jose community which had damage to homes. Also...the cotton and corn crops were reported damaged by the flash flooding and some young wheat crops drowned.
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 Sep 27, 2:48 AM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW HAS NOW CLOSED OFF JUST SOUTHEAST OF EL PASO. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MID LEVEL FLOW HAS STARTED TO GO MORE SOUTHEASTERLY ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL PROFILERS. THIS SOUTHEAST MID LEVEL FLOW SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. HOWEVER...WILL ALSO KEEP POPS ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIKE YESTERDAY. MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY EASTERLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND THAT SHOULD HELP TO KEEP THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO OUR SOUTH. HOWEVER...WITH COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA LATE TONIGHT...CAN NOT RULE OUT MORE PRECIPITATION WITH IT AS IT PLOWS THIS AIR MASS. DID NOT CHANGE MUCH BEYOND THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE FORECAST OTHER THAN TO START THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EARLIER ON THURSDAY NIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT SHOULD BE PRESSING INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTH BY THURSDAY EVENING...THEREFORE THINK THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE TRIGGERED ALONG IT. STILL LEANING TOWARD THE STRONGER AND MORE CUTOFF LOOK OF THE GFS MODEL FOR THE EXTENDED PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO 68 54 68 52 / 50 40 40 20 BEAVER 82 53 71 52 / 40 40 40 20 BOISE CITY 75 51 65 48 / 40 40 40 20 BORGER 72 56 71 53 / 40 40 40 20 BOYS RANCH 67 54 69 51 / 60 40 40 20 CANYON 69 53 68 51 / 60 40 40 20 CLARENDON 76 57 73 54 / 50 40 40 20 DALHART 69 52 68 49 / 40 40 40 20 GUYMON 79 54 68 52 / 40 40 40 20 HEREFORD 68 52 69 50 / 80 40 40 20 LIPSCOMB 81 54 72 54 / 40 40 40 20 PAMPA 76 55 72 52 / 40 40 40 20 SHAMROCK 78 58 75 54 / 40 40 40 20 WELLINGTON 78 59 76 55 / 50 40 40 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 03/14/15
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271800- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 600 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES TODAY. IN SOME OF THESE STORMS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG WINDS MAY OCCUR. IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLES...HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING. ESPECIALLY AROUND DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS MINOR UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BROST
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:55 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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