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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 16, 202512 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 16, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 18, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2025, 2:58 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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.

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 Mar 16, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
238 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-160900-
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-
238 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions persist this
afternoon in the eastern Panhandles with a Red Flag Warning running
through 7 PM this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Widespread critical fire weather conditions are forecast on Monday
and Tuesday due to low relative humidity values and gusty winds. A
Fire Weather Watch has been issued for both Monday and Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 3:41 AM CDTRed Flag WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.