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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2011, 5:42 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 5:42 AM CDT (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 WWUS74 KLUB 151042 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 542 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 TXZ025-026-032-152100- /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0004.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PADUCAH 542 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING LEADING TO HIGH WINDS BY LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST-WEST ROADS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO UTILITY LINES...TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ TXZ023-024-029>031-036>038-043-044-152100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-KENT- STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 542 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING LEADING TO HIGH WINDS BY LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST-WEST ROADS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO UTILITY LINES...TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
671 WWUS74 KLUB 151739 AAA NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 TXZ025-026-032-160000- /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PADUCAH 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECLINING THEREAFTER. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH EARLY AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO UTILITY LINES...TREES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ TXZ023-024-029>031-036>038-043-044-160000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-KENT- STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 7 PM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH EARLY AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
431 WWUS74 KLUB 160005 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 705 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 TXZ025-026-032-160115- /O.EXP.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PADUCAH 705 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TXZ023-024-029>031-036>038-043-044-160115- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-KENT- STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 705 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:42 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 10 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
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.