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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Nov 26, 2011, 3:56 AM CST for 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 14 hr. 34 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2011, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 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, Hall 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 7:20 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET |
| Nov 26, 7:40 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 7:46 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 3 Nnw Quitaque, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET - CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK |
| Nov 26, 8:27 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 W Happy, TX | KVII SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Nov 26, 9:15 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 6 Nw White River Lake, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 9:35 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Dimmitt, TX | KVII SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Nov 26, 10:05 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 10:08 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 6 Ne Lubbock, TX | LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL |
| Nov 26, 10:10 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 3 Nne Tahoka, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 10:15 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 S Plainview, TX | PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL |
| Nov 26, 10:30 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ne Memphis, TX | |
| Nov 26, 10:35 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 5 Ssw Graham, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 10:35 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 10:35 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | 1 Ne Memphis, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 10:35 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | |
| Nov 26, 10:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:00 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:05 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 47 | 3 N Hart, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:20 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 S Brownfield, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:25 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 1 N O'Donnell, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:25 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | Reese Center, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:35 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 7 Wnw Denver City, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:35 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:40 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 4 S Levelland, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:40 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 46 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 11:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | |
| Nov 26, 11:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 N Hart, TX | |
| Nov 26, 11:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 6 S Olton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 12:00 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESOENT |
| Nov 26, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 12:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | |
| Nov 26, 12:20 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 8 Wsw Sundown, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Nov 26, 12:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 3 N Plains, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WWUS74 KLUB 260956 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 356 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...COLD FRONT USHERING IN VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY... TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-261800- /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0008.111126T1000Z-111127T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS 356 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS MAY DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-TO-WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. WINDS THIS STRONG OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL HOURS MAY CAUSE SMALL TREE LIMBS TO FALL...POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO BLOW AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND MINIMIZE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-037>044-261800- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0029.111126T1000Z-111127T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE... PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 356 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-TO-WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
532 WWUS74 KLUB 261605 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...COLD FRONT USHERING IN VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY... TXZ025-039>042-270000- /O.UPG.KLUB.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ HALL-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-TO-WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. WINDS THIS STRONG OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL HOURS MAY CAUSE SMALL TREE LIMBS TO FALL... POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO BLOW AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-270000- /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-TO-WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. WINDS THIS STRONG OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL HOURS MAY CAUSE SMALL TREE LIMBS TO FALL... POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO BLOW AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND MINIMIZE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ026-031-032-037-038-043-044-270000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILDRESS...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-TO-WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
593 WWUS74 KLUB 270009 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 609 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 TXZ021>025-027>030-033>036-039>042-270115- /O.EXP.KLUB.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS... PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 609 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHERLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...AND IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER DECLINE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. $$ TXZ026-031-032-037-038-043-044-270115- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILDRESS...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 609 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHERLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 20 MPH ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS...AND IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER DECLINE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:56 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Garza, Hall, Kent and 6 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.