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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 23, 2016, 3:18 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr. 34 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
- Mar 23, 2016, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 9:20 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Amarillo, TX | KVII-TV METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUST IN DOWNTOWN AMARILLO. |
| Mar 23, 9:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bushland, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE IN BUSHLAND REPORTED 63 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Amarillo, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE AT WONDERLAND THEME PARK REPORTED 60 MPH GUST. |
| Mar 23, 10:19 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Canyon, TX | REPORT FROM ABERNETHY FENCH HQ OF 58 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 10:52 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 10 Ene Palo Duro Canyon, TX | |
| Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Bushland, TX | OASIS RV RESORT SITE REPORTED 65 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Canyon, TX | ABERNETHY FENCE HQ NEAR CANYON REPORTED 67 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:10 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Nw Amarillo, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE MEASURED 58 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:27 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 12 N Groom, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE AT LAZY H FARMS REPORTED 67 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:36 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Goodnight, TX | |
| Mar 23, 11:38 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nne Wayside, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 59 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:38 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Lake Tanglewood, TX | WIND GUST OF 60 MPH REPORTED AT SCHOOLNET SITE. |
| Mar 23, 11:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ene Mclean, TX | MESONET SITE REPORTED 58 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 N Hartley, TX | W TX MESONET REPORTED 58 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 11:54 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 10 Ene Palo Duro Canyon, TX | MESONET REPORTED 61 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Goodnight, TX | W TX MESONET SITE REPORTED 64 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 12:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 Sse Claude, TX | REPORT FROM BROADCAST MEDIA OF 60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED IN COMMUNITY OF PALO DURO. |
| Mar 23, 12:08 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 10 Ene Palo Duro Canyon, TX | PEAK WIND GUST REPORT FROM WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Mar 23, 12:19 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 11 N Clarendon, TX | 61 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED FROM SCHOOLNET SITE. |
| Mar 23, 12:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Wsw Clarendon, TX | |
| Mar 23, 12:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 17 Sse Claude, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 61 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 12:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 W Dozier, TX | REPORT VIA WEST TEXAS MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Ene Allison, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 59 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Goodwell, OK | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 W Dozier, TX | |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 Ene Mclean, TX | |
| Mar 23, 1:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Texhoma, OK | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 61 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 1:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 E Goodwell, OK | |
| Mar 23, 1:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Ene Gageby, TX | SCHOOLNET SITE REPORTED 58 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 23, 1:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Canyon, TX | ONE SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER DUE TO HIGH WINDS ON IH-27. |
| Mar 23, 4:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 W Dozier, TX | PEAK WIND GUST REPORT VIA WEST TEXAS MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Wnw Canyon, TX | |
| Mar 23, 6:49 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 5 W Shamrock, TX | LARGE GRASSFIRE BURNING WEST OF SHAMROCK... WHICH HAS SHUTDOWN INTERSTATE 40 FROM STATE HIGHWAY 70 TO SHAMROCK. NO ESTIMATE ON WILDFIRE ACREAGE. EMERGENCY MANAGER REQUESTED FIRE WARNING BULLETIN THRU 9 PM CDT. |
| Mar 23, 8:03 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 5 N Shamrock, TX | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT AN ACTIVE FIRE NORTH OF SHAMROCK IN AN AREA RIVER BASIN. INTERSTATE 40 HAS SINCE BEEN REOPENED. |
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 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 4289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
828 WWUS74 KAMA 230818 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 318 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-231700- /O.UPG.KAMA.HW.A.0001.160323T1200Z-160324T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0002.160323T1200Z-160324T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN 318 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 700 AM...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. PEOPLE AT HOME SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. 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. && $$ TXZ011>020-231700- /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0002.160323T1200Z-160324T0300Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 318 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 700 AM...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. PEOPLE AT HOME SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ SCHNEIDER
2 follow-up statements
034 WWUS74 KAMA 231201 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 701 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-232100- /O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/ 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 701 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 700 AM...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. PEOPLE AT HOME SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. 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. && $$ SCHNEIDER
536 WWUS74 KAMA 232147 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 447 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-240300- /O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 447 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * TIMING...THESE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. PEOPLE AT HOME SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 9 more | 18 hr |
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.