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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 1, 20098 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2009, 3:38 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2009, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 12:00Z 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
5005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 012038
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
338 PM CDT WED APR 1 2009

TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-020500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.090401T2038Z-090402T0000Z/
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.090402T0300Z-090402T1500Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON...LEVELLAND...PLAINS...
DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD
338 PM CDT WED APR 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. A BRIEF DROP IN THE WINDS
EARLY THIS EVENING WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM
25 TO 35 MPH IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG PASSING COLD FRONT. GUSTS 
CLOSE TO 50 MPH MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING DUST WITH LOCALIZED 
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

TXZ023>026-029>032-035>038-041>044-020500-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.090402T0300Z-090402T1500Z/
SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-
CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...
MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...
MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...LUBBOCK...SLATON...
WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...
TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
338 PM CDT WED APR 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CDT THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE AND
BECOME NORTHWESTERLY THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD
FRONT. EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH
POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY MORNING.
LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS MAY OCCUR DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 4:19 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more30 hr
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

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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.