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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2008, 3:24 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 31, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 21 counties
Cimarron County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 1000 | 3 Wnw Kelton, TX | *** 1 FATAL *** THREE HOMES SAVED...2 OTHER STRUCTURES LOST. ONE FATALITY. OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 13 FIRE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE WERE INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED AROUND 0100 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KAMA 310824 RFWAMA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 324 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THIS LOW WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. THE DOWNSLOPING WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE THE AIR TO DRY OUT. THE WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL SET THE STAGE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. OKZ002-003-310930- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.A.0011.080331T1700Z-080401T0200Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER- 324 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. LIGHTER WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 15 PERCENT WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY. THUS...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ OKZ001-TXZ001>020-311630- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0011.080331T1700Z-080401T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0013.080331T1700Z-080401T0200Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 324 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO MID 80S WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR TODAY TO RESULT IN MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED AS A DRYLINE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. WITH DRY FUELS STILL PRESENT...THESE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO YIELD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ JJB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KAMA 311643 RFWAMA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1143 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THIS LOW WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. THE DOWNSLOPING WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE THE AIR TO DRY OUT. THE WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL SET THE STAGE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. OKZ001-TXZ001>020-312100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0013.080331T1700Z-080401T0200Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 1143 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO MID 80S WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR TODAY TO RESULT IN MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED AS A DRYLINE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. WITH DRY FUELS STILL PRESENT...THESE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO YIELD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ SCHNEIDER
000 WWUS84 KAMA 312054 RFWAMA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 354 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A DRYLINE HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES UNDER 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA. A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS START TO DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RECOVER. OKZ001-TXZ001>020-010200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080401T0200Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 354 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WARM TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR TO KEEP LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WITH DRY FUELS STILL PRESENT...THESE CONDITIONS WILL STILL MAINTAIN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EARLY THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ CLK
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.