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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 30, 20115 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at May 30, 2011, 5:46 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2011, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 30, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

855 
WWUS74 KLUB 301046
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
546 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

TXZ021>023-027-028-302115-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0021.110530T1600Z-110531T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON
546 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35
  MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS ON NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST ORIENTED
  ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...PARTICULARLY
  NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
970 
WWUS74 KLUB 302040
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
340 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

TXZ021>023-027-028-310100-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON
340 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: PERSISTING INTO EARLY EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS ON NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST ORIENTED 
  ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...PARTICULARLY 
  NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

Nearby

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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.