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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 21, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2012, 6:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WWUS74 KAMA 210906 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 406 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-211700- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0011.120321T1500Z-120322T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 406 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KB
2 follow-up statements
811 WWUS74 KAMA 211651 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1151 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-220000- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 1151 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ANDRADE
133 WWUS74 KAMA 212328 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 628 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-220030- /O.CAN.KAMA.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 628 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAVE DIMINISHED AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JOHNSON
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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.