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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 29, 202115 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2021, 12:51 PM CDT for 15 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2021, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2021, 7:19 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

028 
WWUS74 KAMA 291751
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1251 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>015-300100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.210329T1751Z-210330T0100Z/
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Wheeler, Dalhart, Pampa, Gruver, Borger,
Amarillo, Perryton, Panhandle, Boise City, Higgins, Canadian,
Miami, White Deer, Vega, Booker, Keyes, Spearman, Channing,
Forgan, Dumas, Shamrock, Stratford, Follett, Beaver, Hartley, and
Guymon
1251 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 35 to 34 mph.

* WHERE...All of the Oklahoma Panhandle and all but the southern 
  Texas Panhandle.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Beat
2 follow-up statements
889 
WWUS74 KAMA 291758 CCA
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1258 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>015-300100-
/O.COR.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.210329T1751Z-210330T0100Z/
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Wheeler, Dalhart, Pampa, Gruver, Borger,
Amarillo, Perryton, Panhandle, Boise City, Higgins, Canadian,
Miami, White Deer, Vega, Booker, Keyes, Spearman, Channing,
Forgan, Dumas, Shamrock, Stratford, Follett, Beaver, Hartley, and
Guymon
1258 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 35 to 39 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of the Panhandle of Oklahoma. Portions of the 
  Panhandle of Texas.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Beat
995 
WWUS74 KAMA 300019
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
719 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>015-300130-
/O.CAN.KAMA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210330T0100Z/
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Wheeler, Dalhart, Pampa, Gruver, Borger,
Amarillo, Perryton, Panhandle, Boise City, Higgins, Canadian,
Miami, White Deer, Vega, Booker, Keyes, Spearman, Channing,
Forgan, Dumas, Shamrock, Stratford, Follett, Beaver, Hartley, and
Guymon
719 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The wind has fallen below 35 mph.

$$

LG

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.