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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 9, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:38 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | 1 Nw Palo Duro Reservoi, TX | |
| Apr 9, 1:40 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 49 | 1 Nnw Stinnett, TX | |
| Apr 9, 3:59 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 6 E Canadian, 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 3442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957 WWUS74 KAMA 091833 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 133 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008>010-092200- /O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0004.210409T1833Z-210409T2200Z/ Texas-Beaver-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-Hutchinson-Roberts- Hemphill- Including the cities of Guymon, Beaver, Forgan, Spearman, Gruver, Perryton, Booker, Higgins, Follett, Borger, Miami, and Canadian 133 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...North sustained winds near 40 mph. * WHERE...In Oklahoma, Texas and Beaver Counties. In Texas, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hutchinson, Roberts and Hemphill Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust may reduce visibility at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. && $$ Ward
1 follow-up statement
978 WWUS74 KAMA 092222 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 522 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008>010-092330- /O.EXP.KAMA.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210409T2200Z/ /00000.0.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Texas-Beaver-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-Hutchinson-Roberts- Hemphill- Including the cities of Spearman, Forgan, Higgins, Gruver, Miami, Borger, Perryton, Booker, Follett, Beaver, Canadian, and Guymon 522 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Winds have diminished to below High Wind Warning criteria. As a result, the High Wind Warning issued earlier for the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle as well as the north central and northeast Texas Panhandle has been allowed to expire. $$ 02
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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.