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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 13, 202620 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 13, 2026, 12:10 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2026, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2026, 11:53 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley 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, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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 Mar 13, 5:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 12:14 PM CDTFire Weather WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more24 hr
Mar 13, 4:53 PM CDTRed Flag WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Sherman27 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2026High Wind Watches in Oklahoma, 2026Every high wind watch in 2026

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.