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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2026, 1:49 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 27, 2026, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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.
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 27, 1:40 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 1:40 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 11:02 PM CDT, 14 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1102 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-271615- 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- 1102 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Critical fire weather conditions are expected for most of the combined Panhandles due to gusty northerly winds. A wind advisory is in effect for all of the Panhandles with winds sustained 25 to 35 mph with gusts over 50 mph at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 8 more | 12 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.