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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 9, 2013, 12:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 9, 2013, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2013, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2013, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 3:50 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 11 Wnw Bootleg, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 9, 4:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 11 Wnw Bootleg, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 9, 4:25 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | Bootleg, TX | |
| Feb 9, 5:18 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Sw Dalhart, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590 WWUS74 KAMA 091813 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1213 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-011-016-100100- /O.UPG.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0002.130209T2100Z-130210T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA...HEREFORD 1213 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 65 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MID AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL. PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES MAY BE TOSSED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ003-008-013-018-100215- /O.EXA.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0300Z/ HANSFORD-HUTCHINSON-CARSON-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...BORGER... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...CLAUDE 1213 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMPLICATE TRAVEL. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES MAY BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ OKZ002-TXZ002-007-012-017-100215- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0300Z/ TEXAS-SHERMAN-MOORE-POTTER-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...STRATFORD...DUMAS...AMARILLO... CANYON 1213 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMPLICATE TRAVEL. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES MAY BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ GARCIA/JACKSON/SCOTTEN
1 follow-up statement
625 WWUS74 KAMA 100057 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 657 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 OKZ001-TXZ001-006-011-016-100200- /O.EXP.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0100Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY-OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING...VEGA...HEREFORD 657 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENTING. WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HOWEVER. $$ OKZ002-TXZ002-003-007-008-012-013-017-018-100300- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0300Z/ TEXAS-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...DUMAS...BORGER...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER... CANYON...CLAUDE 657 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMPLICATE TRAVEL. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES MAY BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.