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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this fire weather watch at May 10, 2014, 6:44 AM CDT for 16 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 11, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2014, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 2:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 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, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at May 10, 6:15 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:15 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 6:29 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 629 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-102100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 629 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT. BRIEFLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THIS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. IF STORMS DEVELOP...A FEW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE... WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. STRONG WINDS MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BECOME NECESSARY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED TO BRIEFLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 10 more | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.