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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

December 11, 200616 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 11, 2006, 4:16 AM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 11, 2006, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 11, 2006, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 11, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 11, 2006, 4:54 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-12-11Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KLUB 111016
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
416 AM CST MON DEC 11 2006

TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-111830-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.061211T1600Z-061212T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...
SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...
BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST
416 AM CST MON DEC 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL YIELD STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 55 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH
AFTER 6 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF GREATER THAN 30 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KW
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KLUB 111830
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1230 PM CST MON DEC 11 2006

TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-120000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061212T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...
SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...
BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST
1230 PM CST MON DEC 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS 
AFTERNOON. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION WHICH WILL YIELD STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO
CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF GREATER THAN 30 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KLUB 112254
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
454 PM CST MON DEC 11 2006

...WIND SPEED ACROSS THE REGION DIMINISHING...

TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-120000-
/O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061212T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...
SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...
BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST
454 PM CST MON DEC 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEY ARE NOW IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE AND THE TREND
IS FOR THEM TO CONTINUE DECREASING THROUGH THE EVENING. THUS THE
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

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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.