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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 1, 200924 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2009, 4:19 AM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2009, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 counties

Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-04-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
5741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 1, 4:15 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 4:15 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
345 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

TXZ021>044-012045-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
345 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FIRE WEATHER

BRIEF AND SPOTTY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL COMBINE
TO CREATE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY
AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
CAPROCK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...A STRONG
COLD FRONT MAY BRING SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF
30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 4:42 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more16 hr
Apr 1, 10:33 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBCottle, Kent, King, Stonewall3 hr
Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more3 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009

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.