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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 2, 200811 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2008, 8:36 PM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2008, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2008-03-03Temperature 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 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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 030236
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-030600-
/O.UPG.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080303T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0002.080303T0236Z-080303T0600Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...
SLATON...WOLFFORTH
836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL CARS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ025-026-031-032-036-039>041-030600-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080303T0600Z/
HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...
PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL
836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND
SOUTH PLAINS EARLY HIS EVENING...RESULTING IN STRONG NORTH WINDS
OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY
OCCUR WITH THESE WINDS DURING THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

TXZ037-038-042>044-031000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080303T1800Z/
DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...POST...
JAYTON...ASPERMONT
836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROLLING
PLAINS AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING...RESULTING
IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO
55 MPH. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY OCCUR WITH THESE WINDS.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
SMALL CARS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.