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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 19, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 8:00 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 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 4154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125 WWUS84 KAMA 190916 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 416 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-192100- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0012.120319T1700Z-120320T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0013.120319T1700Z-120320T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- 416 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... HARTLEY. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THIS 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. && $$ KB FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
1 follow-up statement
662 WWUS84 KAMA 192004 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 304 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-200100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120320T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- 304 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... HARTLEY. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER BY 8 PM CDT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. && $$ CLK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray | 5 min |
| Mar 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler | 93 min |
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.