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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 7, 2009, 4:11 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 7, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2009, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2009, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 10:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 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 071011 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 411 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-071115- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.A.0013.090307T1600Z-090308T0100Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 411 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELED FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. ALTHOUGH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-071815- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0013.090307T1600Z-090308T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0013.090307T1800Z-090308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 411 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDY CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. VERY DRY FUELS...ALONG WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BY THIS EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE. HOWEVER...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KAMA 072140 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 340 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-080100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 340 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. VERY DRY FUELS...ALONG WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BY THIS EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE. HOWEVER...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
000 WWUS84 KAMA 080052 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 652 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... .WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...CAUSING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-080200- /O.EXP.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 652 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE...RISING ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COME TO AN END. $$ COCKRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:32 PM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:55 PM CST | High Wind Warning | AMA | Beaver | 65 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.