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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2018Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2018, 1:50 AM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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
May 24, 2018, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2018, 2:54 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Texas County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 1:53 AM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 412 W Guymon, OK

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2018-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 546 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

372 
WWUS74 KAMA 240650
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
150 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

OKZ002-241100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0007.180524T0650Z-180524T1100Z/
Texas-
Including the city of Guymon
150 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 6 AM CDT early this morning.

* Timing...Through 6 am.

* Winds...South at 50 mph with gusts to around 65 mph.

* Impacts...High winds can blow down small outbuildings and 
  break limbs. Sudden wind gusts can cause drivers to lose 
  control... especially in lightweight or high profile vehicles. 
  Strong winds can cause blowing dust...reducing visibility...
  and cause flying debris. Isolated power outages could be 
  possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should exercise extreme caution...especially those in
lightweight or high profile vehicles. Stay alert for the
possibility of flying debris or downed power lines. People should
secure loose outdoor items.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
611 
WWUS74 KAMA 240754
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
254 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

OKZ002-240900-
/O.CAN.KAMA.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180524T1100Z/
Texas-
Including the city of Guymon
254 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has cancelled the High
Wind Warning.

Winds have diminished across Texas County and therefor the High
Wind Warning has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas92 min

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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.