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Fire Weather Watch 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 24, 2021, 1:59 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 25, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2021, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2021, 2:48 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 3101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 23, 6:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 6:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Amarillo TX 352 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-241100- 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- 352 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible across portions of the combined Panhandles this afternoon and evening. Some storms may become strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. A Tornado Watch is in effect for Collingsworth County until 9 PM this evening. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon in the southwest Texas Panhandle. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms are possible across portions of the combined Panhandles Tuesday and Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms cannot be ruled out in the eastern Panhandles. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected Saturday through Thursday across portions of the Panhandles due to gusty winds, low afternoon relative humidity values, and receptive fuels. Sunday and Monday are the most favored for critical fire weather conditions across most of the combined Panhandles. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may become necessary for Collingsworth County this afternoon and early this evening. Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for elevated to critical fire weather conditions Saturday through Thursday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 10 more | 24 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.