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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 23, 20125 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 4:38 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2012, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2012-02-23Temperature 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 2012-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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.

966 
WWUS74 KAMA 231038
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
438 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-232000-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0005.120223T1600Z-120224T0100Z/
TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...
GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN
438 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST
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 CST
THIS EVENING. 

* EVENT...NORTH WINDS AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE
  COMMON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
  NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL BLOW ABOUT LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
  LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LOWER
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

GOEHRING
1 follow-up statement
884 
WWUS74 KAMA 231634
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1034 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-240100-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0100Z/
TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...
GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN
1034 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* EVENT...NORTH WINDS AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
  LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LOWER
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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

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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.