Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 2, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 2, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 5762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
295 WWUS84 KAMA 020902 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 402 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 TXZ001-006-011-016-022115- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0015.120502T1800Z-120503T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0017.120502T1800Z-120503T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- 402 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FAR WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...DEAF SMITH. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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. && $$ GOEHRING FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
2 follow-up statements
420 WWUS84 KAMA 022006 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 306 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 TXZ001-006-011-016-030100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120503T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- 306 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FAR WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...DEAF SMITH. * WIND: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH AFTER SUNSET. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AT 5 TO 10 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. && $$ CLK FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
472 WWUS84 KAMA 030108 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 808 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 TXZ001-006-011-016-030215- /O.EXP.KAMA.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120503T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- 808 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. $$ JACKSON FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
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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.