Flash Flood — Ochiltree, Texas

2023-07-09 · near Twichell, Ochiltree, Texas

Event narrative

Multiple roads were shut down in and around

Booker. Multiple cars became stranded on

Highway 15 west of Booker where over 2.5

feet of water was flowing across. County

road D northwest of Booker and FM 377 also

had water flowing over the road with cars

becoming stranded. Time estimated based on

MRMS FLASH guidance.

Wider weather episode

Early in the evening on the 8th a small cluster of storms moved southeast through Deaf Smith and Randall County from eastern New Mexico. Later into the evening a much larger complex of storms moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle from SE Colorado and SW Kansas, before entering the Texas Panhandle. It was this complex that brought widespread severe wind gusts and some heavy rain into the combined Panhandles. Wind gusts from this complex ranged from 58 to 69 mph.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (36.4641, -100.5894)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1120693. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.