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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 9:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties
Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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, 3.5 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
- 4252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WWUS74 KAMA 030330 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1030 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031130- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.150403T0330Z-150403T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1030 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FRIDAY. * EVENT...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST COULD OCCUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR OPEN FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SCHNEIDER
2 follow-up statements
948 WWUS74 KAMA 030934 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 434 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031800- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 434 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH BY 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ANDRADE
282 WWUS74 KAMA 031449 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 949 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031600- /O.CAN.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 949 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW 35 MILES AN HOUR. $$ GOEHRING
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.