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Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2022, 3:16 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 28, 2022, 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
- Apr 27, 2022, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 1939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 27, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 251 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2022 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-280800- 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- 251 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Elevated fire weather conditions will be present across the northwest half of the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles through this afternoon. Lightning caused fire starts are possible. Thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon into tonight across mainly the northern half of the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Windy and dry conditions will make elevated to critical fire weather conditions possible for much of the combined Panhandles Thursday afternoon, Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon. Thunderstorms will be possible Sunday afternoon and evening across the combined Panhandles. Widespread severe storms are not anticipated at this time. .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 through Saturday afternoon.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 47 min |
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.