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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 10:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wsw Booker, TX | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.