Runoff from the recent heavy rainfall caused the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River to rise briefly above the flood stage at the river gage site located thirteen miles northeast of Wayside in southwestern Armstrong County. There were no reports of injuries or damage due to the river flooding.
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Runoff from the recent heavy rainfall caused the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River to rise briefly above the flood stage at the river gage site located thirteen miles northeast of Wayside in southwestern Armstrong County. There were no reports of injuries or damage due to the river flooding.
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 Aug 18, 2:44 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
344 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER ON PRECIP CHANCES IN THE SHORT TERM.
LARGE CUTOFF UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
PER CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST.
CURRENT RADAR LOOPS SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN
IN AREAS WHERE THERE WERE SOME BREAKS IN LOW CLOUD DECK AND WHERE
INSTABILITY IS A BIT STRONGER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH STRONG LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER
LOW. AMA 12Z SOUNDING INDICATES 25-30 KT WINDS AROUND 400 MB WHICH
MAY SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH SPC RUC
MESOSCALE ANAYLSIS SHOWS WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. AT ANY RATE...
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL ONCE AGAIN SO
HAVE CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12Z TUE.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN TIMING OF THE UPPER LOW AS IT HEADS
TOWARD THE RED RIVER VALLEY TUE AND SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. RETAINED POPS DURING THE
DAY AS DEFORMATION BAND SWINGS ACROSS THE CWA. WENT WITH THE COOLER
MOS GUIDANCE ON TEMPS TUE DUE TO EXPANSIVE LOW CLOUD DECK WITH
HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S. WITH THE UPPER LOW LIFTING TO THE NORTH...
DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE CWA WED THROUGH FRI. TEMPS WILL
REBOUND BACK INTO THE 80S AND 90S DURING THIS PERIOD AS SURFACE
WINDS BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH.
MADE VERY LITTLE CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AS NEXT
SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROUGH SLIDES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES FRI NIGHT/SAT MORNING AND CAN
BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CLK
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
BESIDES LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL
REMAIN LOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO LIGHT WINDS...HIGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SATURATED SOILS.
CLK
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 58 75 59 81 62 / 40 40 10 10 10
BEAVER OK 58 82 60 83 63 / 40 20 20 10 10
BOISE CITY OK 56 75 58 84 61 / 30 20 10 10 10
BORGER TX 60 77 61 82 63 / 50 40 10 10 10
BOYS RANCH TX 60 78 60 86 63 / 40 30 10 10 10
CANYON TX 59 76 59 81 62 / 40 40 10 10 10
CLARENDON TX 60 76 59 80 64 / 50 40 10 20 10
DALHART TX 57 76 58 85 61 / 30 30 10 10 10
GUYMON OK 57 78 59 84 61 / 40 20 10 10 10
HEREFORD TX 57 75 59 83 61 / 30 30 10 10 10
LIPSCOMB TX 59 79 59 79 62 / 50 30 20 20 10
PAMPA TX 60 74 60 78 63 / 50 40 10 20 10
SHAMROCK TX 61 79 60 80 63 / 60 40 20 20 10
WELLINGTON TX 62 79 63 83 64 / 60 50 20 20 10
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF
SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
11/05TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE PANHANDLES UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AS AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTS WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO HELP PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING AS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE PANHANDLES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT MAINLY FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THEIR RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO TEXAS. SCHNEIDER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
254 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 S ELMWOOD 36.55N 100.52W
08/18/2008 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS OF COUNTY ROADS COMPLETELY
COVERED WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER. SOME BRIDGES
INUNDATED FROM LOCAL STREAMS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA0800861
CKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 343 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 TXZ018-182130- ARMSTRONG TX- 343 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY... AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLAUDE MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLAUDE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The river gage site at the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River...located thirteen miles northeast of Wayside in southwestern Armstrong County...crested at a stage of ten point thirty-nine feet. The flood stage at this site is ten feet. No damage or injuries were reported.
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