AWUS01 KWNH 261015
FFGMPD
TXZ000-OKZ000-NMZ000-261500-

Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0183
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
615 AM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Areas affected...TX Panhandle into southwestern/central OK

Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely

Valid 261013Z - 261500Z

SUMMARY...Flash flooding is likely to continue across portions of
the TX Panhandle into northwestern TX and southwestern OK over the
next few hours. Peak rainfall rates of 2-3 in/hr and peak
additional totals of 3 to 6 inches will be possible.

DISCUSSION...Radar mosaic and infrared satellite imagery at 0945Z
showed an MCS advancing slowly eastward across the TX Panhandle
into southwestern OK. Embedded thunderstorms were located along
and north of a wavy quasi-stationary front which extended westward
across northern TX, just south of the Red River, into the southern
TX Panhandle and eastern NM. A couple of forward propagating
segments were observed toward the southeastern edge of the MCS (in
the vicinity of Childress), located south of an eastward advancing
MCV near Pampa. VAD wind plots showed 35 to 46 kt of southerly
flow over west-central to central TX which backed to a
southeasterly direction near the Red River, supporting the robust
transport of low level moisture northward atop the surface front.

The training and repeating nature of cells along and north of the
front have supported peak rainfall rates of 2-3 in/hr across
southern portions of the TX Panhandle within the unstable
environment. The front marked the northern edge of 500-1500 J/kg
MLCAPE with 1000+ J/kg MUCAPE located north of the front via the
09Z SPC mesoanalysis.

As the MCV over the TX Panhandle continues to advance eastward
into western OK over the next few hours, continued convection
enhanced through warm air advection will spread eastward beneath
convectively influenced diffluent flow aloft. Meanwhile, scattered
thunderstorms in the wake of the MCV over the western TX Panhandle
are expected to continue to congeal as they advance eastward and
eventually bow southeastward into the low level inflow layer with
periods of training. Some of the heaviest rain is expected to
occur south of the MCV track where new thunderstorm development
ahead of the advancing southeastern flank of the MCS should setup
a prolonged period of heavy rain with additional totals of 3 to 6
inches possible through 16Z, most probable over portions of
southwestern OK or perhaps far northwestern TX.

Otto

ATTN...WFO...ABQ...AMA...LUB...OUN...

ATTN...RFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...NWC...

LAT...LON   36249818 35819712 34999736 33889853 33659943 
            33710086 33810202 34010268 34240320 34860353 
            35430296 36000126 

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