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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

January 15, 20219 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this dust storm warning at Jan 15, 2021, 12:10 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2021, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2021, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 15, 12:10 PM CST	NON-TSTM WND GST 59	2 E Pampa, 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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 110 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

184 
WWUS54 KAMA 151817
DSWAMA

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1210 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

TXC065-179-195-233-341-357-375-393-421-152015-
/O.NEW.KAMA.DS.W.0002.210115T1810Z-210115T2015Z/
Carson TX-Hutchinson TX-Gray TX-Potter TX-Hansford TX-Sherman TX-
Roberts TX-Ochiltree TX-Moore TX-
1210 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Dust Storm Warning for...
  Carson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Hutchinson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Gray County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northeastern Potter County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Southern Hansford County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Southeastern Sherman County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Western Roberts County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Southwestern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Eastern Moore County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 215 PM CST.

* At 1210 PM CST, a dust channel was 6 miles southwest of Pringle, or
  19 miles northwest of Borger, moving south at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Near zero visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 
           mph.

  SOURCE...GOES Satellite and area spotter reports.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel, especially along 
           highway 152 from Borger to Pampa and highway 136 from 
           Borger to Gruver.

Locations impacted include...
Pampa, Borger, Panhandle, Fritch, Sunray, Stinnett, White Deer,
Mclean, Groom, Lefors, Skellytown, Sanford, Lake Mcclellan, Pringle,
Morse, Kingsmill, Alanreed, Codman, Lake Meredith and Pantex.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.

Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10159 3561 10178 3624 10201 3607 10159
      3609 10087 3520 10054 3518 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 344DEG 36KT 3591 10156 

$$

Ward

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 3:50 AM CST	Wind Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 4 more	14 hr
Jan 15, 11:09 AM CST	Dust Storm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	2 hr
Jan 15, 1:43 PM CST	Dust Storm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray	2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.