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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 14, 201216 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth44 min
Apr 14, 4:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 7 more17 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2012Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.