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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2021, 6:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 14, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2021, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 356 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
126 WWUS74 KAMA 141118 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 618 AM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 TXZ011-012-016-017-317-142000- /O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0005.210314T1500Z-210315T0100Z/ Oldham-Potter-Deaf Smith-Randall-Palo Duro Canyon- Including the cities of Vega, Amarillo, Hereford, Canyon, and Palo Duro Canyon 618 AM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 35 mph gusting 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Oldham, Potter, Deaf Smith, Randall and Palo Duro Canyon Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
671 WWUS74 KAMA 141933 NPWAMA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Amarillo TX 233 PM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 TXZ011-012-016-017-317-150100- /O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210315T0100Z/ Oldham-Potter-Deaf Smith-Randall-Palo Duro Canyon- Including the cities of Vega, Amarillo, Hereford, Canyon, and Palo Duro Canyon 233 PM CDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 35 mph gusting 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Oldham, Potter, Deaf Smith, Randall and Palo Duro Canyon Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 6:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 7:01 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Roberts | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler | 83 min |
| Mar 13, 8:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 8:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 96 min |
| Mar 13, 8:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 9:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Hemphill, Wheeler | 84 min |
| Mar 13, 9:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 52 min |
Nearby
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.