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Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 12, 2009Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at May 12, 2009, 4:47 AM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 12, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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: May 12, 2009, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 12, 3:48 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:48 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 1:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 1:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 8 more	6 hr
May 12, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	43 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.