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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2011, 5:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- May 24, 2011, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Stratford, TX | |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Hartley, TX |
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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WWUS74 KAMA 242226 AAB NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 TXZ001>003-006-007-250100- /O.UPG.KAMA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110525T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0006.110524T2226Z-110525T0100Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG THROUGH 8 PM. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST...WEST...TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM CDT...THEN DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE DISPLACED BY THE WINDS. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY FIRE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ OKZ001-002-250100- /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0006.110524T2226Z-110525T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG THROUGH 8 PM. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST...WEST...TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM CDT...THEN DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE DISPLACED BY THE WINDS. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY FIRE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-008>020-250100- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110525T0100Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM- POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD... CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST TEXAS PANHANDLES AS WELL AS THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SUNSET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST...WEST...TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE DISPLACED BY THE WINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY FIRE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MBS
1 follow-up statement
498 WWUS74 KAMA 250040 AAC NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006-007-250145- /O.EXP.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110525T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS 740 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CENTRAL AND WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-008>020-250200- /O.EXT.KAMA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110525T0200Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM- POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD... CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 740 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST TEXAS PANHANDLES AS WELL AS THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST TEXAS PANHANDLES AS WELL AS THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH 9 PM BEFORE DIMINISHING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST...WEST...TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM...THEN DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE DISPLACED BY THE WINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE ANY FIRE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 16 hr |
| May 24, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 18 min |
| May 24, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 57 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2011High Wind Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.