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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at May 7, 2020, 10:38 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 16 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
- May 7, 2020, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Sw Dalhart, TX | |
| May 7, 10:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 15 Nnw Amarillo, TX | |
| May 7, 10:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 11 Ssw Romero, TX | |
| May 7, 11:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nnw Stinnett, TX | |
| May 7, 11:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nnw Stinnett, TX | CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS REPORT. WIND GUST ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE AND NOT A THUNDERSTORM. |
| May 7, 11:11 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 6 Ene Amarillo, TX | |
| May 7, 11:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 7 Sse Amarillo, TX | |
| May 7, 11:31 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Ssw Panhandle, TX | |
| May 7, 11:31 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Wnw Fritch, TX | |
| May 7, 11:46 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 9 N Amarillo, TX | |
| May 7, 11:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Goodnight, TX | |
| May 7, 11:54 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Lake Mcclellan, TX | |
| May 7, 11:54 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 12 Sw Claude, TX | |
| May 7, 11:55 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 5 Ene Hereford, TX | |
| May 7, 11:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Nne Umbarger, TX | |
| May 8, 12:05 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 E Palo Duro (Ja), TX |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530 WWUS74 KAMA 080338 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1038 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 TXZ001-006-007-011>020-317-080900- /O.UPG.KAMA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-200508T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0002.200508T0338Z-200508T1000Z/ Dallam-Hartley-Moore-Oldham-Potter-Carson-Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith- Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-Palo Duro Canyon- Including the cities of Dalhart, Hartley, Channing, Dumas, Vega, Amarillo, Panhandle, White Deer, Pampa, Shamrock, Wheeler, Hereford, Canyon, Claude, Clarendon, Wellington, and Palo Duro Canyon 1038 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...North winds of 40 mph with gusts of 58 to 65 mph. * WHERE...The southwestern half of the Texas Panhandle . * WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. && $$ Ferguson
2 follow-up statements
573 WWUS74 KAMA 080343 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1043 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 TXZ008-080900- /O.EXA.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200508T1000Z/ Hutchinson- Including the city of Borger 1043 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...North winds of 40 mph with gusts of 58 to 65 mph. * WHERE...Hutchinson County. * WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. && $$ TXZ001-006-007-011>020-317-080900- /O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200508T1000Z/ Dallam-Hartley-Moore-Oldham-Potter-Carson-Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith- Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-Palo Duro Canyon- Including the cities of Dalhart, Hartley, Channing, Dumas, Vega, Amarillo, Panhandle, White Deer, Pampa, Shamrock, Wheeler, Hereford, Canyon, Claude, Clarendon, Wellington, and Palo Duro Canyon 1043 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...North winds of 40 mph with gusts of 58 to 65 mph. * WHERE...The southwestern half of the Texas Panhandle . * WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. && $$
410 WWUS74 KAMA 081010 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 510 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 TXZ001-006>008-011>020-317-081115- /O.EXP.KAMA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200508T1000Z/ Dallam-Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Oldham-Potter-Carson-Gray-Wheeler- Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- Palo Duro Canyon- Including the cities of Dalhart, Hartley, Channing, Dumas, Borger, Vega, Amarillo, Panhandle, White Deer, Pampa, Shamrock, Wheeler, Hereford, Canyon, Claude, Clarendon, Wellington, and Palo Duro Canyon 510 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... The High Wind Warning issued earlier for much of the Texas Panhandle has expired. Surface winds have decreased across the area, and this trend is forecast to continue this morning. $$ 02
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 7 more | 40 min |
| May 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 60 min |
| May 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts | 66 min |
| May 7, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 37 min |
| May 7, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 19 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.