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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 4:06 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties
Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 3197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WWUS74 KAMA 251006 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 406 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251815- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.120225T1500Z-120226T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 406 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE MID TO LATE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW ABOUT LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ KB
2 follow-up statements
610 WWUS74 KAMA 251724 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1124 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-260100- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1124 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW ABOUT LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS. THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SCHNEIDER
594 WWUS74 KAMA 260046 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 646 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-260200- /O.EXP.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 646 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 35 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 15 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.