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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 16, 20125 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 16, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2012, 3:13 AM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Donley County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

751 
WWUS74 KAMA 160652
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
152 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

TXZ012-013-017>019-161200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0007.120616T0652Z-120616T1200Z/
POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...
CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON
152 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* EVENT...WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 80 MPH...ASSOCIATED WITH A
  DECAYING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX

* TIMING...UNTIL 700 AM.

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH WINDS WILL BLOW LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND SUCH
  AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. TREES AND POWER POLES CAN ALSO BE
  BROUGHT DOWN IN THESE HIGH WINDS.

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
1 follow-up statement
658 
WWUS74 KAMA 160813
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
313 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

TXZ012-013-017>019-160915-
/O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120616T1200Z/
POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...
CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON
313 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

$$

GOEHRING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.