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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 17, 202312 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2023, 3:07 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 17, 2023, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2023-04-17Temperature 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 2023-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDTFire Weather WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more30 hr
Apr 17, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Carson, Gray23 min
Apr 17, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Gray35 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley, Gray35 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2023Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023Every red flag warning in 2023

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.