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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 12, 202420 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2024, 1:42 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
Mar 12, 2024, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 13, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
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 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 11, 6:47 PM CDT, 18 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:47 PM CDT, 18 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 2:32 PM CDT, 23 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
232 PM CDT Mon Mar 11 2024

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-120745-
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-
232 PM CDT Mon Mar 11 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Dry and breezy conditions are expected to pose elevated to
critical fire weather conditions through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Elevated fire weather conditions will be possible in the far
southwest Texas Panhandle on Tuesday due to low relative humidity
and gusty winds.

Critical fire weather conditions will potentially return across
much of the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday due to strong winds and
low relative humidity.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated to critical fire weather conditions today, tomorrow, and
again Wed afternoon.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:18 AM CDTFire Weather WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more11 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2024Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2024Every red flag warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.