Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 6:14 AM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 6:14 AM CST (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 12:17 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 12:00Z, 0.2 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
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 WWUS74 KAMA 081214 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 614 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 TXZ001-006-011-012-016-017-082200- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0009.120308T1214Z-120308T2200Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA... AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 614 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * EVENT...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. * TIMING...THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham and 2 more | 4 hr |
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.