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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2023, 4:17 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 31, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 30, 2023, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 09:18 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, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 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 Mar 30, 4:08 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 4:08 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:06 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 406 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-302115- 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- 406 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong winds are expected in the west today where High Wind Warnings and Wind Advisories are in effect. Blowing dusts advisories are in effect where these wind highlights are located due to visibility potentially getting below one mile. Critical fire weather conditions are also anticipated across the west and central Panhandles today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across the entire area on Friday. Critical fire weather conditions are also possible Saturday through 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 over the next seven days.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 4:43 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 57 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.