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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 12, 202312 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 12, 2023, 1:47 PM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 14, 2023, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2023, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 13, 2023, 1:26 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 12, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.