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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Lubbock, TX

December 30, 201024 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 30, 2010, 3:50 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2010, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2010, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2010, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 31, 2010, 5:00 PM CST
In force
15 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 21:47 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.

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 Dec 30, 3:50 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 3:50 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 3:44 PM CST, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
344 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010

TXZ021>044-312145-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
344 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010

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

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

NON PRECIPITATION
STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT TIMES GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH...AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST AND AN ELEVATED GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL SUBSIDE
BY SUNSET BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL INCREASE TO AROUND
30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
DESPITE MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...WINDS WILL AGAIN
BECOME QUITE STRONG THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION DURING THE PRE-
DAWN HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED
WITH EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR...THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 27.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS ON FRIDAY
IN ADDITION TO A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR POOR
VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 4:51 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more13 hr
Dec 30, 4:58 AM CSTFire Weather WatchLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 8 more25 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.