Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches in 2019
High Wind Watch 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 8, 2019, 3:37 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 10, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2019, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2019, 3:29 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 20:35 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Apr 8, 3:31 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:31 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:24 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 324 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-091200- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- Palo Duro Canyon- 324 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Elevated fire weather is possible on Tuesday along the far western Panhandles. Strong westerly to southwesterly winds are expected Wednesday, with a Wind Advisory or High Wind Warning perhaps being needed. Critical fire weather conditions are likely to develop Wednesday across the combined Panhandles, in particular the western half of the Panhandles, due to strong southwesterly winds, low relative humidity values, and dry fuels. Areas of blowing dust are possible across a majority of the western and central Texas Panhandle Wednesday. Any blowing dust will reduce visibilities at times. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for elevated fire weather conditions on Tuesday and critical fire weather conditions on Wednesday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.