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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT for 16 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723 WWUS74 KAMA 140916 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 416 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>019-141730- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0013.120414T1800Z-120415T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY- MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE... CLARENDON 416 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 100 PM...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 900 PM. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO TAKE DOWN TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ JC
1 follow-up statement
987 WWUS74 KAMA 141657 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>019-150200- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0013.120414T1800Z-120415T0200Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY- MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH- RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE... CLARENDON 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 100 PM...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 900 PM. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO TAKE DOWN TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 7 more | 17 hr |
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.