Flash Flood Warning
NWS Amarillo TX ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 330 AM CDT Early This Morning For Western Randall County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 149 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
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. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Randall County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Amarillo TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3E7MK8FG8B2NVY83F60SE3J
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.55595e268b425efeedfe28b38940e26cdb78e76b.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.1629
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSAMA |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS74 KAMA 260649 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR WESTERN RANDALL COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KAMA.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-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,-101.98 35.03,-102.16 34.86,-102.16 34.81,-102.12 34.94,-101.85 35.1,-101.85 35.1,-101.98