Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2012, 3:30 AM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2012, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 6:02 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 3720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WWUS74 KAMA 010930 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 330 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... TXZ001-006-011-012-016-017-011730- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0008.120301T1600Z-120302T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA... AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 330 AM CST THU MAR 1 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...SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW ABOUT LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. 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. && $$ CLK
2 follow-up statements
356 WWUS74 KAMA 011720 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1120 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 TXZ001-006-011-012-016-017-020100- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA... AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 1120 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ANDRADE
891 WWUS74 KAMA 020002 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 602 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 TXZ001-006-011-012-016-017-020115- /O.CAN.KAMA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T0100Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA... AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 602 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW 35 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMNISHING THIS EVENING. $$ JACKSON
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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.