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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2016, 4:05 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. 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 6, 2016, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties
Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 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 66 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
- 2176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
272 WWUS84 KAMA 061005 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 405 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-016-017-070000- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.A.0004.160306T1800Z-160307T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0005.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0007.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL- 405 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON. IN TEXAS...DALLAM... SHERMAN...HARTLEY...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER...DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM CST ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008-009-013-070000- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0005.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0007.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- CARSON- 405 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN TEXAS... HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS AND CARSON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM CST ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ TXZ010-014-015-018>020-070000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0005.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 405 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...IN TEXAS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM CST ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXISTS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NF FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
091 WWUS84 KAMA 062119 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 319 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>009-011>013-016-017-071000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0007.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL- 319 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN TEXAS...DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB... HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...OLDHAM...POTTER... CARSON...DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM CST ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ TXZ010-014-015-018>020-071000- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0005.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 319 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...IN TEXAS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM CST ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXISTS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA (ALL LOWER CASE)
411 WWUS84 KAMA 070946 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 346 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 TXZ010-014-015-018>020-072230- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0005.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KAMA.FW.W.0007.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 346 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN TEXAS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ OKZ001>003-TXZ001>009-011>013-016-017-072230- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0007.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL- 346 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN TEXAS...DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB... HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...OLDHAM...POTTER... CARSON...DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM AND TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 7 PM TODAY. 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. && $$ COCKRELL FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA (ALL LOWER CASE)
262 WWUS84 KAMA 072049 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 249 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-080100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160308T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 249 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA TEXAS PANHANDLES... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN TEXAS...DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB... HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...OLDHAM... POTTER...CARSON...GRAY...WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL... ARMSTRONG...DONLEY AND COLLINGSWORTH. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT ARE ANTICIPATED. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA (ALL LOWER CASE)
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.