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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2008, 4:53 AM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 22, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2008, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:55 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, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KLUB 220953 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 453 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-221800- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.080522T1500Z-080523T0200Z/ 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 453 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. A FEW AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST SHOULD MAY RESULT...ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KLUB 221808 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 108 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-230200- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 108 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WERE SLOWLY INCREASING INTO THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE. FURTHER INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST SHOULD RESULT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KLUB 222024 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 324 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 TXZ024-029-030-034>036-039>042-222130- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...PLAINVIEW... FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH... CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST 324 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENING...INSUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO WARRANT THE CONTINUATION OF THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ TXZ021>023-027-028-033-230200- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON 324 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY RESULT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TOWARD 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KLUB 230110 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 810 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 TXZ021>023-027-028-033-230215- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON 810 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE QUICKLY DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING AS THE STRONG HEATING AND DEEP MIXING OF THE DAY HAVE SUBSIDED. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 10 hr |
| May 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 21 min |
Nearby
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.