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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 4:15 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WWUS74 KLUB 241015 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 415 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS... .WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH VERY LATE IN THE DAY. TXZ039>044-241815- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.110224T1500Z-110225T0000Z/ YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 415 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS T0 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
997 WWUS74 KLUB 241859 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1259 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ027>030-033>037-250000- /O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR 1259 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS...AND WILL DIMINISH BY 6 PM. * WINDS: WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS T0 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ039>044-250000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1259 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS T0 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
452 WWUS74 KLUB 242215 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 415 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ027>030-033>037-039>044-242315- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR... PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 415 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DIMINISHED TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS LESS THAN 30 MPH OVER THE PREVIOUSLY ADVISED AREA. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 48 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.