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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 28, 202220 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2022, 2:42 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 29, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 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 28, 2022, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 260 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 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 28, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 7:34 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
734 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-281245-
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-
734 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms will be possible 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 Thursday through
Saturday afternoon.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Oldham47 min
Apr 27, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham51 min
Apr 27, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Sherman23 min
Apr 27, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter48 min
Apr 27, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford27 min
Apr 27, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore, Potter48 min
Apr 27, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley48 min
Apr 27, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Moore, Potter50 min
Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman55 min
Apr 27, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree46 min
Apr 27, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts and 1 more61 min
Apr 27, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore, Roberts61 min
Apr 28, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Roberts63 min
Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts30 min
Apr 28, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman29 min
Apr 28, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill, Roberts49 min
Apr 27, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas40 min
Apr 27, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver24 min
Apr 27, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas43 min
Apr 27, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver40 min
Apr 27, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver63 min

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.