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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

November 30, 20088 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 30, 2008, 4:10 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 30, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2008, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 30, 2008, 2:48 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2008-11-30Temperature 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 2008-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
2559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 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 301010
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
410 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE DEPTH OF THE ATMOSPHERE
OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS
TODAY. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER THE STRONGEST WINDS
ALOFT WILL BE TRANSFERED TO THE SURFACE...THOUGH SOME POSSIBLE
LIGHT SHOWERS COULD AID THIS. REGARDLESS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING. 

TXZ024>026-030>032-037-038-301800-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0021.081130T1700Z-081201T0000Z/
BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...
TURKEY...CHILDRESS...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE
410 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY MIDDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DECREASING THIS
EVENING.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KLUB 302043
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
243 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008


TXZ024>026-030>032-037-038-010000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/
BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...
TURKEY...CHILDRESS...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE
243 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED...

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 30
MPH HAS DIMINISHED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. 

$$

KW

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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.