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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2012, 6:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2012, 6:30 AM CST (12:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635 WWUS74 KAMA 141230 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 630 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL REMAIN BREEZY TONIGHT. TXZ011-012-016-017-142030- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0017.121214T2000Z-121215T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 630 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. * TIMING...THIS FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM CST. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ CLK
2 follow-up statements
050 WWUS74 KAMA 142030 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 230 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL REMAIN BREEZY TONIGHT. TXZ011-012-016-017-150000- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 230 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. * TIMING...THIS FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM CST. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JOHNSON
587 WWUS74 KAMA 142349 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 549 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 TXZ011-012-016-017-150100- /O.EXP.KAMA.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 549 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH QUICKLY. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST. $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 2:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 2:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 35 min |
| Dec 14, 2:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 36 min |
| Dec 14, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 55 min |
| Dec 14, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter, Randall | 95 min |
| Dec 14, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson | 73 min |
| Dec 14, 4:12 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 108 min |
| Dec 14, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 4:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley, Gray, Roberts | 33 min |
| Dec 14, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 52 min |
| Dec 14, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 27 min |
| Dec 14, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 68 min |
| Dec 14, 5:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 36 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.