Flash Flood Warning
NWS Amarillo TX ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 26 At 12:36AM CDT Until September 26 At 3:30AM CDT By NWS Amarillo TX
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWAMA The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Western Randall County in the panhandle of Texas... * Until 330 AM CDT. * At 1236 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Canyon, Umbarger, Mescalero Park and Buffalo Lake.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Randall County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Amarillo TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3E3F585CS9RYSZJKVDZAAY9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b9a604563a8aadde35afc197fcc6c02a8c724394.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Amarillo TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAMA
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7790
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWAMA |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KAMA 260536 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAMA.FF.W.0032.260926T0536Z-260926T0830Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T03:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Randall County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048381 |
| UGC | TXC381 |
- Polygons
- 35.1,-101.85 34.94,-101.85 34.81,-102.12 34.86,-102.16 35.03,-102.16 35.1,-101.98 35.1,-101.85