The combination of frontal boundaries and a very moist and unstable atmosphere had led to thunderstorms across the Texas Panhandle with heavy rainfall. Weak winds aloft led to slow movement of these storms with isolated flooding impacts especially in urban areas with poor drainage.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
The combination of frontal boundaries and a very moist and unstable atmosphere had led to thunderstorms across the Texas Panhandle with heavy rainfall. Weak winds aloft led to slow movement of these storms with isolated flooding impacts especially in urban areas with poor drainage.
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 Jul 7, 5:32 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 632 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021 .AVIATION...12Z TAFS... Mostly VFR conditions are expected over the next 24 hours. Showers/storms moving into KAMA, and expected to continue over the next few hours. IFR/LIFR conditions will be possible for the next few hours. There may be a return of storms if the cold front slows/stalls later in the TAF period, but confidence is not high enough to note in the TAFs as of yet. Winds generally less than 10kts and variable. Weber && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 345 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021/ SHORT TERM...Today through Thursday Night... Cold front continues to drift south across the Panhandles today. Showers and storms will be possible along the front today. There may be just enough lift to get some early morning storms going across the central Panhandles, with a better chance this afternoon across the southern Panhandles. No severe weather expected today, just general thunderstorms. Overall, high pressure continues to strengthen over the Four Corners. With the cold front moving through today there should be enough subsidence behind the front to keep conditions dry this evening and through the day on Thursday. Temperatures again today will likely be close to 10 degrees below normal today, but finally start climbing back to near normal temperatures on Thursday, with highs in the lower 90s. Weber LONG TERM...Friday through Tuesday... The end of the work week into the weekend will see the upper level high pressure retrograde towards California/Nevada. This will put the Panhandles into northwest flow aloft and bring more likelihood for storms to make it into the area as shortwaves ride around the ridge. Saturday and Saturday night look to have a cold front come through the area. Models prog it fairly slowly. If this is the case, then we could see a good amount of precip across the area since moisture is still high. If the front pushes through fairly quickly, the amount of moisture we receive may be less since there would be less time for storms to sit around. The northerly surface flow doesn't last long as winds become southerly again by Monday. This will again pump in moisture for daytime showers and thunderstorms for the beginning of the work week. This pattern of cooler than normal temps looks to persist through the extended with Friday being the one day that may actually achieve climatological normal and be in the 90s. While there will be some instability around for the weekend, the best days in the extended for seeing severe weather look to be the Monday/Tuesday time frame as CAPE looks to increase along with some better bulk shear to allow for supercells instead of just pulsing cells like we have been seeing. Beat && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...None. OK...None. && 89/89/16
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 332 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-072045- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- Palo Duro Canyon- 332 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms possible today across the central and southern Panhandles. Storms are not expected to be severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms possible again Friday night into Tuesday across much of the Panhandles. Storms could be strong with gusty wind and hail as well as heavy rain that could lead to localized flooding or flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Reported flooding of I-40 under the overpass at Bell St.
Multiple flooded roadways around Amarillo including Soncy Road, Coulter Road, Hollywood Road, Western Street, and Teckla Boulevard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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