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Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2011, 6:01 AM CDT for 14 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties 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, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 5869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WWUS84 KAMA 261101 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 601 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-007-011>020-262115- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0048.110626T1700Z-110627T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 601 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HARTLEY...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER... CARSON...GRAY...WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG... DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN RISE TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY LATE THIS EVENING. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST TO IMPROVE BY LATE THIS 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. && $$ ANDRADE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
1 follow-up statement
251 WWUS84 KAMA 262040 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 340 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-007-011>020-270200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110627T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 340 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS. IN TEXAS... DALLAM...SHERMAN...HARTLEY...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER... CARSON...GRAY...WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG... DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN RISE TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY LATE THIS EVENING. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST TO IMPROVE BY LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ LG FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
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 Jun 26, 5:43 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:43 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
543 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011
.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY HOT DAY EXPECTED ACROSS THE OK AND TX PNHDLS
COURTESY OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. MAX TEMP
RECORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY AT KAMA...KDHT...AND KBGD TODAY. WINDS TO GET
INTO THE BREEZY CATEGORY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES IN
ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT IS PROGGED BY ALL MODELS TO
MOVE THRU THE PNHDLS ON MONDAY. PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT WILL BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. BUMPED
POPS UP TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE NORTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT SINCE THAT AREA
APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. SLGT CHC POPS FOR SRN TX PNHDL
LOOK OK AND RETAINED THEM AS WELL FOR MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS
COULD GET GOING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT WHERE IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS
TIME. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER ADDING POPS LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON IF WARRANTED.
RAIN CHCS LOOK TO DIMINISH RATHER QUICKLY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS ACROSS SRN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
MEANDER AROUND IN THE GENERAL VICINITY THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THIS WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPS AGAIN AND DRY WEATHER. PREVIOUS FCST
PCKG IS IN GOOD SHAPE OVERALL AND HAVE RETAINED ITS INTEGRITY.
ANDRADE
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
EXCEPT THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE WHERE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED
DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL
PRECLUDE ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ANDRADE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 108 70 95 65 99 / 0 0 10 20 5
BEAVER OK 109 70 94 67 98 / 0 0 10 30 5
BOISE CITY OK 105 62 88 61 96 / 0 0 10 30 5
BORGER TX 112 76 96 68 99 / 0 0 10 30 5
BOYS RANCH TX 108 67 95 64 99 / 0 0 10 20 5
CANYON TX 108 69 97 66 99 / 0 0 10 20 5
CLARENDON TX 110 74 101 70 100 / 0 0 10 20 5
DALHART TX 108 62 91 63 99 / 0 0 10 30 5
GUYMON OK 109 69 92 65 97 / 0 0 10 30 5
HEREFORD TX 108 68 99 65 100 / 0 0 10 20 5
LIPSCOMB TX 109 73 96 67 97 / 0 0 10 30 5
PAMPA TX 109 74 95 67 98 / 0 0 10 20 5
SHAMROCK TX 109 74 99 70 100 / 0 0 10 20 5
WELLINGTON TX 111 75 102 73 102 / 0 0 10 20 5
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...
DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HARTLEY...MOORE...
OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 14 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-260830- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SUNDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GOEHRING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 450 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-262300- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 450 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...MORE HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL REACH 104 TO 112 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE... AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...ESPECIALLY WATER...TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. ALCOHOLIC AND CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES CAN INCREASE THE RATE OF WATER LOSS IN YOUR BODY...INCREASING THE RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR STROKE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING. USE A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN AND APPLY SUNBLOCK TO REDUCE SUNBURN. PETS CAN ALSO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. INSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO REST. DO NOT KEEP PETS IN CARS WITH WINDOWS ROLLED UP...EVEN PARTIALLY. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CAR WITH THE WINDOWS UP CAN REACH OVER 150 DEGREES QUICKLY. WYNNE
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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.