Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2012, 4:05 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 30, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Jan 30, 2012, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2012, 6:39 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 3405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WWUS84 KAMA 301005 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 405 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 TXZ011-012-016-017-310100- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0002.120130T1800Z-120131T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0002.120130T1800Z-120131T0100Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- 405 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...DEAF SMITH... RANDALL. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THE 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. && $$ TXZ013-014-018-019-310100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0002.120130T1800Z-120131T0100Z/ CARSON-GRAY-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- 405 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...CARSON...GRAY...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. && $$ GOEHRING FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
2 follow-up statements
380 WWUS84 KAMA 302110 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 310 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 TXZ011>014-016>019-310100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120131T0100Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- 310 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY... DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT AFTER 7 PM. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE 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. && $$ CLK FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA
695 WWUS84 KAMA 310039 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 639 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 TXZ011>014-016>019-310145- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120131T0100Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- 639 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY... DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY. * WIND: 20 FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. $$ COCKRELL 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.