The combination of an upper level short wave, high pwat values, and slow storm motions lead to flash flooding across the Texas Panhandle during the morning hours of the 19th . Training thunderstorms produced several hours of heavy rain across the Texas Panhandle.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
The combination of an upper level short wave, high pwat values, and slow storm motions lead to flash flooding across the Texas Panhandle during the morning hours of the 19th .
Training thunderstorms produced several hours of heavy rain across the Texas Panhandle. Several locations received between 1 and 2 inches with a reported maximum of 3 inches in Clarendon (Donley County). While most locations only saw minor flooding of flood prone areas, some locations saw heavy rain at rates approaching 2.5 inches per hour which lead to flash flooding. Donley County saw the majority of the heavy rain due to it was the location that saw the most training of thunderstorms. Drainage from this heavy rain produced a 2 foot rise on Greenbelt Lake (Donley County) which has been below 15 percent capacity for the past several months.
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 18, 10:50 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1150 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KGUY AND KDHT WILL POSE THREAT TO THOSE TERMINALS THROUGH 08Z. MUCH LESS CERTAIN IF CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH KAMA. FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE VCTS REMARK FOR KAMA FROM 08Z TO 12Z. OTHERWISE...SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS AROUND 15 KT EXPECTED. COULD SEE BRIEF BOUT OF LOW CLOUDS AT KGUY AROUND 11 TO 15Z...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ENOUGH COVERAGE TO CONSTITUTE A CEILING. SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 30 KT ON TUE. COCKRELL && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 953 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013/ UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED GRAPHICAL FORECASTS...KEEPING HIGHER FIRST TERM POPS IN THE NORTH...AND LOWERING SAME SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. 00Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING REVEALS STOUT CAPPING INVERSION AT AMARILLO. MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE UNIMPRESSIVE. SHORTWAVE TROF POISED TO HAVE GREATEST IMPACT ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS. LOW-LEVEL JET IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SO WILL NOT ELIMINATE POPS ENTIRELY. UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. COCKRELL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 644 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013/ AVIATION... 00Z TAFS...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST CO AND NORTHEAST NM MAY IMPACT THE TERMINALS A LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WILL CARRY A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA AT KDHT AND KGUY 02-05Z WHERE CONFIDENCE IN THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE TERMINALS IS HIGHER. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL CLOSER TO 05Z AT KAMA...AND WILL CARRY A VCTS MENTION 05-09Z GIVEN LOWER CONFIDENCE IN A DIRECT IMPACT HERE AND THE LATER EXPECTED TIMING. MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE NEXT CONCERN IS LOW CLOUD POTENTIAL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE RETAINED MENTION OF SCT LOW CLOUDS AT KGUY WHERE POTENTIAL APPEARS HIGHEST GIVEN GREATER RAIN CHANCES AND WINDS STAYING MORE BACKED TO THE SOUTHEAST...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ANY CIGS ATTM...ALTHOUGH THEY CAN/T BE RULED OUT AT ANY OF THE THREE TERMINALS. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP AROUND 15Z WEDNESDAY...GUSTING TO NEAR 30 KTS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. KB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013/ DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK...THOUGH EXACTLY WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN IS STILL UNCERTAIN. TONIGHT...PRIMARY FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON MOUNTAIN CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES UNDER THE MOSTLY WESTERLY STEERING FLOW. VISIBLE SATELLITE INDICATES AN ENHANCED CU FIELD OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLES POSSIBLY DUE TO A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE CUMULUS HAS LIMITED VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT AND THINK THAT THE CAP WILL BE SLOW TO ERODE. THUS...DO NOT EXPECT STORMS IN THE PANHANDLES UNTIL CLOSER TO 00Z WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CONVECTION FINALLY APPROACHES THE WESTERN PANHANDLES. WEDNESDAY...SURFACE TROUGH DIGS INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY...SO COULD SEE SOME LINGERING CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS...WHICH SHOULD ONLY INCLUDE THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLES. THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH THIS PERIOD...COULD SEE TWO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS TWO SHORTWAVE TROUGHS LIFT NE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES EMBEDDED IN THE BROADER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE TIMING OF THESE TROUGHS IS STILL UNCERTAIN...AND IN THE LOW LEVELS...COULD HAVE DRY AIR ADVECTION BOTH DAYS WHICH COULD BE A LIMITING FACTOR. STILL...APPEARS THERE IS ENOUGH OF A CHANCE TO WARRANT 20 POPS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SOME OF THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW LIMITED CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A PATTERN SIMILAR TO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...AM CONCERNED THAT THE MODELS ARE SLOW TO SHIFT EAST A FEW FEATURES...INCLUDING THE SURFACE TROUGH AND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE PACIFIC NW. THUS HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THIS PERIOD FOR NOW... MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD...LONGER RANGE MODELS SHOW THE RIDGE FINALLY BUILDING OVER THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON FIRE WEATHER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT TOMORROW...PRECLUDING ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THE FAR WESTERN PANHANDLES MAY SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS...COMBINED WITH WINDS NEAR 15 MPH...DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND GREEN UP. JOHNSON && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 08/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 425 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-192100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 425 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN BE SEVERE WHERE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HEN EGGS...STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY EVENING AND ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. CLK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 TXZ001-002-190515- DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX- 1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN AND EASTERN DALLAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRATFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STRATFORD... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3633 10163 3608 10173 3629 10225 3648 10214 TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 293DEG 22KT 3636 10212 KB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
OKZ002-190530-
TEXAS OK-
1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 1230
AM CDT...
AT 1144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGH...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
GUYMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPTIMA... HOUGH... HOOKER...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3689 10115 3667 10132 3688 10166 3700 10157
3700 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 303DEG 14KT 3691 10151
KBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1219 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1207 AM TSTM WND GST 10 E STRATFORD 36.34N 101.89W
06/19/2013 E60 MPH SHERMAN TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER SAYS HE WAS NEARLY BLOWN OFF THE ROAD AND
ESTIMATED WINDS TO BE GREATER THAN 60 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300648
JC/SPENCERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1234 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 OKZ002-003-190615- BEAVER OK-TEXAS OK- 1234 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BEAVER AND EASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOOKER...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TURPIN... HOOKER... FLORIS... BOYD... BAKER... ADAMS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3690 10068 3663 10071 3673 10129 3693 10125 TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 284DEG 27KT 3683 10112 KB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 136 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ011-012-017-190700- OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 136 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDALL... SOUTHWESTERN POTTER AND SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUSHLAND...OR 17 MILES EAST OF VEGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUSHLAND... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 121. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 68. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3517 10187 3504 10202 3529 10228 3540 10213 TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 311DEG 25KT 3524 10212 KB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 433 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 OKZ003-TXZ005-191015- BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 433 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT... AT 431 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DARROUZETT...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... FOLLETT... DARROUZETT... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3655 10003 3616 10002 3616 10053 3656 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 316DEG 17KT 3646 10033 ANDRADE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to the Texas Panhandle during the morning hours of the 19th. The KVII Schoolnet site 3 miles south of Skellytown reported 1.66 inches of strom total rain.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. A KAMR rain gage in Skellytown (Carson County) recorded a storm total amount of 1.22 inches.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Hutchinson County during the morning hours of the 19th. The KVII Schoolnet site 1 mile west northwest of Stinnett (Hutchinson County) reported 2.48 inches of storm total rain.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Gray County during the morning hours of the 19th. The National Weather Service Cooperative Observer in Jericho reported a storm total rain amount of 2.20 inches.
Training thunderstorm brought heavy rain to Armstrong County during the morning hours of the 19th. The KVII Schoolnet site at Claude High School (Armstrong County)reported a storm total of 1.00 inch.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Donley County during the morning hours on the 19th. The National Weather Service Cooperative Observer in Clarendon reported 2.5 inches of storm total rain.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. Pantex officials reported 3.00 inches of storm total rain.
Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. A member of the public reported a storm total of 2.54 inches in Panhandle (Carson County).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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