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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 13, 20226 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 13, 2022, 2:39 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 14, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2022, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2022, 3:53 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 420 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-04-13Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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 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 13, 2:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
230 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-141100-
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-
230 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions expected this
afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Elevated or critical fire weather conditions expected for part so
the Panhandles Thursday, Friday and Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated or critical fire weather conditions this afternoon,
Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday.

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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.