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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 24, 2010, 4:53 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Nov 24, 2010, 11:00 AM 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
- Nov 24, 2010, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2010, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties
Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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, 10.9 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
- 3658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
344 WWUS84 KAMA 241053 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 453 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-250000- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0015.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0021.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 453 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON... OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 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. && $$ TXZ014-019-250000- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0021.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ GRAY-DONLEY- 453 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...GRAY...DONLEY. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && $$ KNS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
3 follow-up statements
853 WWUS84 KAMA 241057 CCA RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 456 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-250000- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0015.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ /O.COR.KAMA.FW.W.0021.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 456 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON... OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. 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. && $$ TXZ014-019-250000- /O.COR.KAMA.FW.W.0021.101124T1700Z-101125T0000Z/ GRAY-DONLEY- 456 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...GRAY...DONLEY. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && $$ KNS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
218 WWUS84 KAMA 241736 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1136 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 OKZ003-TXZ004-009-250000- /O.EXA.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101125T0000Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-ROBERTS- 1136 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... ROBERTS. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. 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. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>014-016>019-250000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101125T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- 1136 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON... OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL... ARMSTRONG...DONLEY. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO...OR REMAIN IN...THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && $$ KB FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
720 WWUS84 KAMA 241927 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 127 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 TXZ005-010-015-020-250000- /O.EXA.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101125T0000Z/ LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-COLLINGSWORTH- 127 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...LIPSCOMB...HEMPHILL...WHEELER... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 7 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. 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. && $$ OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>019-250000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101125T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY- MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- 127 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...HARTLEY... MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON... GRAY...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY. * WIND: SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && $$ KB FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2010Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010
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.