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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2020, 4:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 7, 2020, 2:00 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
- May 7, 2020, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:22 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 339 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
- 2587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
104 WWUS84 KAMA 070918 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 418 AM CDT Thu May 7 2020 TXZ001-006-011-016-072130- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0013.200507T1900Z-200508T0200Z/ Dallam-Hartley-Oldham-Deaf Smith- 418 AM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN PARTS 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 2 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Texas...Dallam...Hartley...Oldham and Deaf Smith. * 20 Foot Winds...20 - 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...dropping down to around 7 to 15 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...2 to 7. Highest amounts this afternoon in Deaf Smith County. * Timing...this afternoon between 2 PM and 9 PM. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
2 follow-up statements
727 WWUS84 KAMA 072059 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 359 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 TXZ001-006-072200- /O.CAN.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0200Z/ Dallam-Hartley- 359 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Amarillo has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Stronger winds remain further south and RH values remain in the high teens. Therefore red flag conditions are no longer expected. $$ TXZ011-016-080200- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0200Z/ Oldham-Deaf Smith- 359 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... * Affected Area...In Texas...Oldham and Deaf Smith. * 20 Foot Winds...20 to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...Dropping down to around 7 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...3 to 7. Highest amounts in Deaf Smith County. * Timing...through 9 PM. 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
804 WWUS84 KAMA 080217 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 917 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 TXZ011-016-080330- /O.EXP.KAMA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0200Z/ Oldham-Deaf Smith- 917 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... As temperatures cool following sunset and relative humidity increases, RFTI values have begun to decrease across the southwestern Texas Panhandle. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 41 min |
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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.