Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 10, 2016, 4:14 AM CST for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 10, 2016, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 3027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
144 WWUS84 KAMA 101014 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 414 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016 TXZ011>020-102200- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0003.160210T1800Z-160211T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 414 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS...IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY... WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES. * 20 FOOT WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ SCHNEIDER
2 follow-up statements
353 WWUS84 KAMA 101021 CCA RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 421 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016 TXZ011>020-102200- /O.COR.KAMA.FW.W.0003.160210T1800Z-160211T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 421 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS...IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY... WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A COLD FR4ONT WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTH BY LATE THIS EVENING OR NEAR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ SCHNEIDER
768 WWUS84 KAMA 102043 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 243 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 TXZ011>020-110000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160211T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 243 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREAS...IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...CARSON...GRAY... WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A COLD FR4ONT WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTH BY LATE THIS EVENING OR NEAR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ 14 FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.