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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

January 21, 20167 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 4:20 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2016, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2016, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2016, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 2:18 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2016-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

002 
WWUS74 KAMA 211020
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
420 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXZ001-006-007-011-012-016-017-212200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0001.160121T1400Z-160121T2200Z/
DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
420 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. 

* TIMING...BETWEEN 8 AM AND 4 PM TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ADEQUATELY SECURED WILL
  BE DISPLACED. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT
  ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

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.

&&

$$

COCKRELL
1 follow-up statement
373 
WWUS74 KAMA 212018
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
218 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXZ001-006-007-011-012-016-017-212130-
/O.CAN.KAMA.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160121T2200Z/
DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
218 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND WILL BE BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.