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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 19, 2017, 4:26 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2017, 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
- Mar 19, 2017, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
128 WWUS84 KAMA 190926 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 426 AM CDT Sun Mar 19 2017 TXZ006-011>020-200100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0013.170319T1800Z-170320T0100Z/ Hartley-Oldham-Potter-Carson-Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall- Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- 426 AM CDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS 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 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Texas...Hartley...Oldham...Potter... Carson... Gray...Wheeler...Deaf Smith...Randall...Armstrong... Donley and Collingsworth. * 20 Foot Winds...southwest around 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 6 percent. * Timing...this afternoon and early 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... www.weather.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.