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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 16, 20194 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2019, 9:05 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 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 16, 2019, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2019, 9:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Feb 16, 5:36 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:36 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 4:26 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
426 AM CST Sat Feb 16 2019

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Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
426 AM CST Sat Feb 16 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected across the western
Oklahoma Panhandle and the western and central Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandle this afternoon with 20 foot west winds of 20 to 35 mph
with gusts to near 50 mph and minimum afternoon humidities of
around 15 to 20 percent.

A Wind Advisory is in effect for the western Texas Panhandle this
afternoon for west winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts near 50 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Snowfall accumulations will be possible across much of the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles Sunday night through Tuesday night.
Winter weather highlights may become necessary during parts of
this time period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:27 AM CSTWind AdvisoryAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham14 hr
Feb 16, 9:04 AM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryAMACarson, Gray3 hr
Feb 16, 2:53 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.