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Red Flag Warning 37, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 10, 202211 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at May 10, 2022, 3:36 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 10, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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: May 10, 2022, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 10, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 284 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 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 May 10, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 2:55 PM CDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
255 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-101000-
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-
255 PM CDT Mon May 9 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 Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandles today. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for
until 1 AM Tuesday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Critical fire weather conditions are possible across the western
Oklahoma and northwest Texas Panhandles Tuesday, with a Fire
Weather Watch in effect from 12 PM CDT through 10 PM CDT Tuesday.

Thunderstorms are possible during the late afternoon and evening
hours across the southeastern half of the combined Oklahoma and
Texas Panhandles Tuesday and across the entirety of the Panhandles
Wednesday. A few storms will have the potential to become severe,
with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards.

Thursday evening, thunderstorms are possible across the eastern
half of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The potential for
widespread severe weather remains low 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 today and Tuesday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 1:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:55 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman	37 hr
May 10, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	36 min
May 10, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	60 min
May 10, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts, Wheeler	62 min
May 10, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	60 min
May 10, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	65 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	50 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	61 min
May 10, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	58 min
May 10, 6:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts	3 hr
May 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	50 min
May 10, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	62 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.