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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 13, 20144 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 13, 2014, 10:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 109 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2014, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2014, 12:48 AM CDT
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 2014-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

604 
WWUS74 KAMA 140359
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1059 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014

TXZ012-013-017-018-140700-
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0009.140614T0359Z-140614T0700Z/
POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...
CANYON...CLAUDE
1059 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

* EVENT...STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPARTING THUNDERSTORMS.

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 AM CDT SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER
  HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
624 
WWUS74 KAMA 140548
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1248 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

TXZ012-013-017-018-140700-
/O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140614T0700Z/
POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...
CANYON...CLAUDE
1248 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE HIGHER WINDS
FOLLOWING THE DEPARTING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITERIA.


$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham71 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall63 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong59 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014

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.