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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

November 28, 2005Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 3:21 AM CST for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 28, 2005, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KAMA 280921
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
321 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...

.A STRONG AND VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS HAS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS OFF THE SURFACE
THIS MORNING. WITH THE SKIES GRADUALLY CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST
TODAY...THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE.

OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-281730-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.051128T0921Z-051129T0000Z/
TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...
GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN
321 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS HAS CAUSED STRONG
WINDS OFF THE SURFACE THIS MORNING OVER ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THESE STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE DURING THE DAY. SKIES
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY WHICH WILL
HELP IN THE MIXING PROCESS. WINDS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE
THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
QUICKLY DIMINISH BY SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.  HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW
WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES.

$$

SCHNEIDER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS74 KAMA 281748
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1148 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON. 

OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-290000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...
GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN
1148 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST 
SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. 

THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY TOWARDS SUNSET AS THE VIGOROUS UPPER 
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE
TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES.

$$

ANDRADE

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.