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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 27, 202413 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2024, 3:58 AM CDT for 13 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 27, 2024, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, 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, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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 2024-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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 2024-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 27, 3:57 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:57 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:57 AM CDT, 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
357 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

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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-
357 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Critical Fire Weather Conditions today across portions of the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle. Elevated Fire Weather conditions
across the east and southeast Texas Panhandle.

An isolated thunderstorm or two could develop this afternoon
across the far eastern Panhandle. While storms that develop have
the potential to be severe, the chances are better for severe
storms to occur after they move east into western Oklahoma.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Elevated to critical Fire Weather will be possible on Tuesday and
Wednesday, mainly for the western and central Panhandles.

.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 through Saturday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler67 min
Apr 27, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Hemphill, Wheeler55 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.