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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at May 23, 2024, 2:40 AM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 23, 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
- May 23, 2024, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
941 WWUS84 KAMA 230740 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 240 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024 TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-016-240100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0021.240523T1800Z-240524T0100Z/ Dallam-Sherman-Hartley-Moore-Oldham-Potter-Deaf Smith- 240 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Red Flag Warning for strong winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Texas...Dallam...Sherman...Hartley... Moore... Oldham...Potter and Deaf Smith. * 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 5 percent. * Red Flag Threat Index...5 TO 6 * Timing...1 PM to 8 PM today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
1 follow-up statement
851 WWUS84 KAMA 240059 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 759 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024 TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-016-240200- /O.EXP.KAMA.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240524T0100Z/ Dallam-Sherman-Hartley-Moore-Oldham-Potter-Deaf Smith- 759 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit... www.weather.gov/ama
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 57 min |
| May 23, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 53 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.