Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Oct 6, 2011, 5:43 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma; Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2011, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
836 WWUS74 KAMA 062243 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 543 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-070100- /O.UPG.KAMA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0008.111006T2243Z-111007T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 543 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. 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. && $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ002>005-007-011-012-016-017-070100- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-OLDHAM- POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...STRATFORD... SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT... DUMAS...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 543 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 16 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.