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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 26, 2012Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 26, 2012, 10:39 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
Mar 26, 2012, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2012, 12:46 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 10:47 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG7 Wsw Booker, TX8 POWER POLES KNOCKED DOWN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-401 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 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.

176 
WWUS74 KAMA 270339
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1039 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

OKZ003-TXZ004-005-271000-
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0006.120327T0339Z-120327T1000Z/
BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER...
HIGGINS...FOLLETT
1039 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* EVENT...STRONG WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE
  FOUND ACROSS OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB AND BEAVER COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL FOUND ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS
  THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
  BRIEF...LASTING ABOUT AN HOUR.

* IMPACTS...POWER POLES WILL BE KNOCKED OVER...DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
  OUTBUILDINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

GOEHRING
2 follow-up statements
080 
WWUS74 KAMA 270429
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1129 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

TXZ004-270530-
/O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120327T1000Z/
OCHILTREE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PERRYTON
1129 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

THE HIGH WINDS ACROSS OCHILTREE COUNTY HAVE SUBSIDED.

$$

OKZ003-TXZ005-271000-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120327T1000Z/
BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS...
FOLLETT
1129 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* EVENT...STRONG WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE
  FOUND ACROSS LIPSCOMB AND BEAVER COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THESE COUNTIES 
  THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO 
  SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL BRIEF...LASTING ABOUT AN HOUR. 

* IMPACTS...POWER POLES WILL BE KNOCKED OVER...DAMAGE TO HOMES 
  AND OUTBUILDINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

GOEHRING
529 
WWUS74 KAMA 270546
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1246 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

OKZ003-TXZ005-270700-
/O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120327T1000Z/
BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS...
FOLLETT
1246 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

THE HIGH WINDS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

$$

SCHNEIDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman47 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2012High Wind Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

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.