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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 61 min |
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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.