Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2011, 3:46 PM CST for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 26, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2011, 6:50 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS84 KAMA 252146 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 346 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS WEEKEND FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. A SURFACE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS CAUSING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN UP AND ALLOW FOR DOWNSLOPING WINDS TO INCREASE ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE ON SUNDAY WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY. CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OKZ001-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-261200- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0005.110226T1600Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0004.110226T1600Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM- POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 346 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM ON SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...OLDHAM... POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING BUT WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THEN...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. && $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-261200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 346 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...TEXAS...BEAVER. IN TEXAS... OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID MORNING SUNDAY AND THEN 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * TIMING: EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BY MID SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. && $$ JACKSON/KB FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
5 follow-up statements
040 WWUS84 KAMA 261041 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 441 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 OKZ001-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-262200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0004.110226T1600Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM- POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 441 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM ON SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...OLDHAM... POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-262200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 441 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...TEXAS...BEAVER. IN TEXAS... OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ JOHNSON FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
393 WWUS84 KAMA 261607 AAA RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1007 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 OKZ002-270145- /O.EXA.KAMA.FW.W.0004.110226T1600Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ TEXAS- 1007 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...TEXAS. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 2 PM TODAY...AND WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM TODAY. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 2 PM...THEN END BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM TODAY. CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ OKZ001-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-270145- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM- POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 1007 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...OLDHAM... POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 2 PM...AND WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM TO DEVELOP BY 2 PM...THEN END BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM TODAY. CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-270145- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 1007 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MBS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
933 WWUS84 KAMA 261833 AAB RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1233 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-270645- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 1233 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON... OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG. * WIND: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 4 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL END BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-270645- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 1233 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL OR EVEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MBS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
548 WWUS84 KAMA 262137 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 337 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-271300- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0005.110227T1600Z-110228T0200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110227T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 337 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY 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 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 4 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL END BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO WILDFIRES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-271300- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0004.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0005.110227T1600Z-110228T0200Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 337 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO WILDFIRES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. && $$ JACKSON/MBS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
168 WWUS84 KAMA 270050 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 650 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-271300- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0005.110227T1600Z-110228T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 650 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE... ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO WILDFIRES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-271300- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0005.110227T1600Z-110228T0200Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 650 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... * WIND: ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: ON SUNDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE... ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO WILDFIRES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. && $$ JACKSON FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:45 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.