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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2012, 9:00 PM CST for 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2012, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216 WWUS74 KAMA 150300 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 900 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 TXZ001-006>009-011>014-016>019-150900- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0018.121215T0300Z-121215T0900Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER... PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON 900 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ JACKSON
1 follow-up statement
264 WWUS74 KAMA 150906 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 306 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... TXZ001-006>009-011>014-016>019-151015- /O.EXP.KAMA.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-121215T0900Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER... PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON 306 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE NOTED EARLY THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 33 min |
Nearby
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.