Aug 10, 2017
The first round of weather early in the morning on the 10th produced flash flooding reports in Armstrong and Randall counties. With PWAT values in the 75th percentile based off climatology upper air obs, the atmosphere was very moist to support heavy rainfall. Residual outflow boundaries across the western TX Panhandle generated storms later in the afternoon on the 10th with SBCAPE of around 1500 J/kg and MUCAPE of 2000 J/kg with effective shear of 30-35 kts. This allowed some storms to develop
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 716345). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Randall County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.