NWS Amarillo TXFF.W 0040September 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Deaf Smith, Oldham and Potter, TX
The National Weather Service office in Amarillo issued a flash flood warning for Deaf Smith, Oldham and Potter in Texas, which was in force until 3:15 a.m. local time on September 30. It was the 40th flash flood warning the NWS office in Amarillo issued in 2026. Texas had 125 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 55 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Texas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Amarillo TX
- Area
- Deaf Smith, Oldham and Potter
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:20 a.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 a.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAMA FF.W 0040
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
FFWAMA The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Deaf Smith County in the panhandle of Texas... Southeastern Oldham County in the panhandle of Texas... Southwestern Potter County in the panhandle of Texas... * Until 315 AM CDT. * At 1220 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Wildorado.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.