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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2023, 2:08 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 22, 2023, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 22, 2023, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2023, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2023, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 08:09 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 00:00Z, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 Feb 21, 10:29 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 10:29 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 238 PM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-220845- 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- 238 PM CST Tue Feb 21 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Widespread hazardous weather is not expected for this period. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A very windy day is expected Wednesday. Winds will be out of the southwest across the Panhandles, but will be strongest in the western half of the Panhandles. 40-45 mph sustained winds with gusts 58-65 mph is expected. Gusts up to 70 mph will be possible. A High Wind Warning will be in effect from 11AM Wednesday to 9P Wednesday. The eastern half of the Panhandles is expected to have 25-40 mph sustained winds with 45-55 mph gusts. A gust up to 60 mph will be possible. A High Wind Watch will be in effect from 11AM Wednesday to 9PM Wednesday. Critical fire weather conditions are expected aross the Panhandles Wednesday due to the aforementioned very windy day and low relative humidity values. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. There is a chance for thunderstorms on Sunday in the easternmost counties of the Panhandles. A strong thunderstorm cannot be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:16 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:03 AM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 11 more | 11 hr |
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.