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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 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
- Apr 2, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 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, 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 3123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
672 WWUS84 KAMA 020913 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 413 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-022115- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0009.110402T1700Z-110403T0200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 413 AM CDT SAT APR 2 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 AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... 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 STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. 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. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-022115- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 413 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY...AND THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT AFTER 12 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
2 follow-up statements
310 WWUS84 KAMA 020944 CCA RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 443 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-022200- /O.COR.KAMA.FW.W.0009.110402T1700Z-110403T0200Z/ /O.COR.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 443 AM CDT SAT APR 2 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 AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... 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 STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. 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. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-022200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 443 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY...AND THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT AFTER 12 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
925 WWUS84 KAMA 022051 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 351 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-031200- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110403T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 351 PM CDT SAT APR 2 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 TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY 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 UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY...AND THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE TO AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MET ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BY 12 PM CDT SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-031200- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- 351 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...BEAVER. IN TEXAS...OCHILTREE... LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY... COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY...AND THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE TO AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT AFTER 12 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY...ACCIDENTAL SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ SCHNEIDER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:44 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.