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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
624 WWUS74 KAMA 140548 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1248 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 TXZ012-013-017-018-140700- /O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140614T0700Z/ POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER... CANYON...CLAUDE 1248 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE HIGHER WINDS FOLLOWING THE DEPARTING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITERIA. $$ 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 71 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 59 min |
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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.