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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Amarillo, TX

December 21, 200810 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 3:42 PM CST for 10 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 22, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2008, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 22, 2008, 5:25 AM CST
In force
5 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, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Dec 21, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 3:42 PM CST, 0 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
342 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-221200-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
342 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

DECREASING WIND CHILL VALUES OVERNIGHT WILL FALL BELOW 0 DEGREES FOR
MOST OF THE PANHANDLES. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO 5 BELOW OR LOWER ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLES. THUS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLES THROUGH 10 AM ON MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL TO 5 BELOW 0 OR LOWER ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES
MONDAY MORNING.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY ACROSS
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
STRONG WINDS.

A TIGHTENING OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT MONDAY WILL CAUSE
SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

BROST

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.