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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
- 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
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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</html>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 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-272100- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Hemphill, Wheeler | 55 min |
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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.