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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 8, 20208 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Jun 8, 2020, 4:01 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 9, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2020, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2020, 2:17 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2020-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-418 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:54 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
354 AM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-082100-
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-
354 AM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected across
all but the far eastern Panhandles through mid evening. A Red Flag
Warning is in effect until 9 pm across the western and central
Oklahoma Panhandle and the western Texas Panhandle for low
relative humidity and breezy southwest winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will be possible
across the Panhandles on Tuesday due to windy conditions and low
relative humidity.

A cold front will bring strong northwest winds to the Texas and
Oklahoma Panhandles Tuesday. Winds will be in the 35 to 45 mph
range with higher gusts. A High Wind Watch is in effect for the
Oklahoma Panhandle and much of the northern half of the Texas
Panhandle on Tuesday.

Thunderstorms will be possible across the southern Texas Panhandle
Thursday evening and across the western Panhandles Friday
afternoon and evening. Severe thunderstorms are not expected at
this time. However, some of the storms may produce hail and strong
gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated or critical fire weather conditions Today and Tuesday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:17 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningAMADallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 6 more31 hr
Jun 8, 2:17 PM CDTWind AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 6 more30 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2020High Wind Watches in Oklahoma, 2020Every high wind watch in 2020

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.