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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 6, 20267 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2026, 12:49 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 6, 2026, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2026, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2026, 11:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.5

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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 Mar 5, 11:53 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 11:53 PM CST, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 11:58 PM CST, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:09 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
709 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

TXZ019-020-060145-
Donley TX-Collingsworth TX-
709 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL COLLINGSWORTH AND
CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CST...

At 708 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Lelia Lake, or 7 miles south of Clarendon, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Clarendon and Lelia Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3479 10096 3518 10081 3518 10075 3508 10044
      3475 10079 3475 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 209DEG 49KT 3484 10085

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

DGW

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:18 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
718 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

TXZ015-020-060145-
Wheeler TX-Collingsworth TX-
718 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER AND
NORTHEASTERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CST...

At 717 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northwest of Vinson, or 16 miles northeast of Wellington,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Wheeler and northeastern Collingsworth Counties.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 173 and 176.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3497 10014 3546 10001 3546 10000 3492 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 206DEG 43KT 3502 10000

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

DGW

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:54 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
754 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

TXZ019-060230-
Donley TX-
754 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTY
THROUGH 830 PM CST...

At 754 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brice, or 12 miles south of Clarendon, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Clarendon, Hedley, and Lelia Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CST for the
Panhandle of Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3497 10088 3486 10060 3475 10070 3475 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 209DEG 17KT 3476 10085

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

DGW

Local storm report, Mar 5, 8:21 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
821 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

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

0756 PM     Hail             10 SE Hedley            34.77N 100.52W
03/05/2026  E1.75 Inch       Collingsworth      TX   Storm Chaser

&&

RLF

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 10:02 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:04 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 7:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	36 min
Mar 5, 7:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	27 min
Mar 5, 7:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	57 min
Mar 5, 7:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	36 min
Mar 5, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	67 min
Mar 5, 8:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	61 min
Mar 5, 8:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	32 min
Mar 5, 9:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Collingsworth	37 min
Mar 5, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	60 min
Mar 5, 9:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	47 min
Mar 5, 10:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	28 min
Mar 5, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	37 min

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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.