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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2021, 2:35 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. 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 15, 2021, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
184 WWUS84 KAMA 151935 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 235 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021 TXZ011-016-161200- /O.UPG.KAMA.FW.A.0004.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0005.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ Oldham-Deaf Smith- 235 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST 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 noon to 8 PM CDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Texas...Oldham and Deaf Smith. * 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...4 to 6. * Timing...Noon through 8 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
2 follow-up statements
201 WWUS84 KAMA 160853 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 353 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 TXZ011-016-162100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0005.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ Oldham-Deaf Smith- 353 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... * Affected Area...In Texas...Oldham and Deaf Smith counties. * 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...4 to 6. * Timing...Noon through 8 pm. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
045 WWUS84 KAMA 162055 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 355 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 TXZ011-016-170100- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210317T0100Z/ Oldham-Deaf Smith- 355 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... * Affected Area...In Texas...Oldham and Deaf Smith. * 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...4 to 6. * Timing...Through 8 PM CDT. 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. && $$ 02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:47 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 11 hr |
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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.