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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 24, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 24, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr. 4 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:00 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 300 | 22 Se Dumas, TX | WILDFIRE LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE MEREDITH JUST SOUTH OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 3395 AND JUST EAST OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1913. WILDFIRE BURNED 300 ACRES AND WAS CONTAINED AT 0600 PM CDT. SUPRESSION FORCES WERE AIR ATTACK AIRCRAFT...ONE HELITANKER AN |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 400 | 6 N Channing, TX | WILDFIRE WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 385 AND JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD T NORTH OF CHANNING AND BURNED ABOUT 400 ACRES. AIR TANKERS WERE REQUESTED BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS FIRE. THIS FIRE WAS |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 400 | 6 Nw Channing, TX | WILDFIRE WAS LOCATED WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 385 NORTH OF CHANNING AND BURNED ABOUT 400 ACRES. AIR TANKERS WERE REQUESTED BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS FIRE. THIS FIRE WAS STILL BURNING AS OF LATE THURSDAY. NO |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 1295 | 9 Sw Hartley, TX | WILDFIRE WAS LOCATED WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 385 AND NORTHWEST OF CHANNING AND BURNED APPROXIMATELY 1300 ACRES. AIR TANKERS WERE REQUESTED BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE...HOWEVER THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DAYLIGHT LEFT TO SAFELY ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. NO DAMAGE AND NO |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 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 240830 RFWAMA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 330 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND MOVE EAST INTO KANSAS TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH WILL BRING STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE PANHANDLES. THESE WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW WARM AND DRY AIR TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES CREATING RED FLAG CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING. OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-242100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0021.080424T1400Z-080425T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 330 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DRY AND WARM AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH 10 PM CDT 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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ JJB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KAMA 242058 RFWAMA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 358 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .DOWNSLOPING WESTERLY WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AT THE SURFACE TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE LOWERED DRAMATICALLY TODAY WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS MOST PLACES. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS HAVE INCREASED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RECOVER SOME TONIGHT. OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-250300- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080425T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 358 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...DRY AND WARM AIR WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ CLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore | 43 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.