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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 5, 2007Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2007, 5:07 AM CDT for Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 5, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 5, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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 051007
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
507 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY...

.AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER EASTERN
COLORADO...WILL STRENGTHEN WINDS TODAY.

OKZ001>003-051815-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.070505T1200Z-070506T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN
507 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH TODAY. GUSTS
COULD REACH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. BY THIS EVENING...THESE STRONG
WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER DAYTIME HEATING CEASES.

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 WHILE DRIVING TODAY.


$$

NUNEZ
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 051752
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1252 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
TODAY...

.AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER EASTERN
COLORADO...WILL STRENGTHEN WINDS TODAY.

OKZ001>003-060000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070506T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN
1252 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...

SOUTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. GUSTS
COULD REACH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. BY THIS EVENING...THESE STRONG
WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER DAYTIME HEATING CEASES.

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 WHILE DRIVING TODAY.

$$

JRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver63 min

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.