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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2017, 2:48 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2017, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793 WWUS74 KAMA 232048 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 248 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017 TXZ001-006-007-011>013-016>018-241200- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.170124T1600Z-170125T0000Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE 248 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE BLOWING DUST...REDUCING VISIBILITIES... AND CAUSE FLYING DEBRIS. LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE MOVED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ WARD
1 follow-up statement
875 WWUS74 KAMA 240955 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 355 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 TXZ001-006-007-011>013-016>018-250000- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0002.170124T1600Z-170125T0000Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE 355 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...WEST AND SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE BLOWING DUST...REDUCING VISIBILITIES... AND CAUSE FLYING DEBRIS. LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE MOVED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ COCKRELL
Nearby
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.