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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 20078 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 6, 2007, 3:57 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2007, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 2:05 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Sse Boise City, OK
Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 603 Sse Boise City, OK
Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 603 Sw Dalhart, TX
Jun 6, 4:00 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 613 Sse Boise City, OK
Jun 6, 4:26 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 583 Sw Dalhart, TX
Jun 6, 4:35 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Stratford, TX
Jun 6, 4:40 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Sse Boise City, OK
Jun 6, 4:46 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 602 W Guymon, OK
Jun 6, 4:59 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 622 W Guymon, OK
Jun 6, 4:59 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 Sw Dalhart, TX
Jun 6, 5:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 592 E Goodwell, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KAMA 060857
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
357 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE PANHANDLES TODAY...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN OVER EASTERN COLORADO
TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT
THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>008-011-061700-
/O.UPG.KAMA.HW.A.0002.070606T1500Z-070607T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0002.070606T1500Z-070607T0300Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-
MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA
357 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-THIRD OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND
THEN SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ005-009-010-012>020-061700-
/O.UPG.KAMA.HW.A.0002.070606T1500Z-070607T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0003.070606T1500Z-070607T0300Z/
LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-
RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...
CANADIAN...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...
WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
357 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS
MORNING AND THEN SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

JC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 061646
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1146 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE PANHANDLES THIS...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER EASTERN
COLORADO TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>008-011-070300-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-
MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA
1146 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-THIRD OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING AFTER SUNSET.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ005-009-010-012>020-070300-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-
RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...
CANADIAN...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...
WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
1146 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

JOHNSON
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 061654 CCA
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER EASTERN
COLORADO TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>008-011-070300-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-
MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-THIRD OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING AFTER SUNSET.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ005-009-010-012>020-070300-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-
RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...
CANADIAN...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...
WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 6 more18 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2007High Wind Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007

Sources

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