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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

December 2, 20226 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2022, 11:57 AM CST for 6 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2022, 11:57 AM CST (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2022, 5:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2022-12-02Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2022-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 2, 11:47 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 11:47 AM CST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 4:01 AM CST, 7 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
401 AM CST Fri Dec 2 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-022215-
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-
401 AM CST Fri Dec 2 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Strong southwest winds today in the 30-35 mph range across
portions of the western Panhandles. Gust in the west and
northwest Panhandles will be around 45-55 mph, with isolated 60
mph gusts in the far northwest.

There are Wind Advisories and a High Wind Warning out for
portions of the western Panhandles.

Elevated Fire Weather today across most of the Panhandles given
the strong winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated fire weather conditions today.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 10:25 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1025 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N TEXLINE             36.41N 103.02W
12/02/2022  M59 MPH          DALLAM             TX   MESONET

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 11:47 AM CST, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 2:31 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 2 more14 hr
Dec 2, 2:31 AM CSTWind AdvisoryAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman9 hr
Dec 2, 12:25 PM CSTRed Flag WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Hartley, Ochiltree, Sherman6 hr
Dec 2, 5:42 PM CSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryAMAHansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.