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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

December 22, 20144 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 22, 2014, 3:59 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 23, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2014, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 4:07 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 409 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 22, 3:59 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:59 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:59 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
359 PM CST MON DEC 22 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-231215-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
359 PM CST MON DEC 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES TONIGHT. MOST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW ONE INCH AT THIS TIME THOUGH PORTIONS OF DEAF SMITH
COUNTY COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NORTH WINDS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY TUESDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
BE NOTED IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLES...WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH 60
MPH AND A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. ELSEWHERE...A WIND
ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME BUT SNOWFALL
REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:59 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
359 PM CST MON DEC 22 2014

OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-017-018-230900-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-
OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART...
STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...CANYON...
CLAUDE
359 PM CST MON DEC 22 2014

...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

SHOWERS WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
THIS EVENING. LIGHT RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW OVER THE
WESTERN PANHANDLES BY MID EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOWFALL
OVER THE WESTERN PANHANDLES. SOME AREAS OF THE WESTERN PANHANDLES
MAY SEE A DUSTING OF SNOW WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE
INCH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT.

THE THREAT OF SNOW WILL END BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG
NORTH WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.

AREA RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BY VISITING
OUR WEBSITE AT:

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA...

...OR BY FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

LINDLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 3:59 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith11 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2014High Wind Watches in Oklahoma, 2014Every high wind watch 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.