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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 6, 202219 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2022, 3:36 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 7, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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
Apr 6, 2022, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
All 22 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2022-04-06Temperature 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 2022-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -346 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
2898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 Apr 6, 3:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
303 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-071100-
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-
303 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Critical fire weather conditions are expected across the majority
of the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles this afternoon. A
Red Flag Warning is in effect from 10 AM through 9 PM CDT today for
all counties except the two far southwest Texas Panhandle
counties. Elevated fire weather conditions will be present for the
two counties not in the Red Flag Warning.

Strong winds in the 35 to 39 mph range are expected to impact the
Oklahoma Panhandle and the most northern and eastern counties in
the Texas Panhandle today as well. A Wind Advisory is in effect
from noon through 7 PM CDT time for these counties in the northern
combined Panhandles.

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

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will be possible
Thursday through Tuesday as well. Strong winds are expected
Thursday afternoon, mainly in the northeastern half of the
Panhandles. Wind Advisories and High Wind Watches are in effect
for Thursday afternoon across portions of the combined Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandles.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated to critical fire weather conditions today through
Tuesday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
202 PM CDT WED APR 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ENE GOODWELL          36.60N 101.60W
04/06/2022  M65 MPH          TEXAS              OK   MESONET

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TLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:19 AM CDTFire Weather WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Donley, Gray and 13 more12 hr
Apr 6, 3:15 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchAMAHansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree11 hr
Apr 6, 3:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryAMACollingsworth, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Moore, Roberts and 2 more28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2022Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022Every red flag warning in 2022

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.