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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 27, 201111 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2011, 10:33 PM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2011, 10:33 PM CST (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 3:11 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
4297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
557 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.

015 
WWUS74 KLUB 280433
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1033 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

TXZ027>029-033>036-039>042-281200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0005.110228T0433Z-110228T1200Z/
BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL...POST
1033 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN SUSTAINED AT SPEED THAT WILL
  INTERMITTENTLY EXCEED 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING DUST AND HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL.

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
310 
WWUS74 KLUB 280911
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
311 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

TXZ027>029-033>036-039>042-281015-
/O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T1200Z/
BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...
PLAINVIEW...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL...POST
311 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE AND ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE FURTHER LATER THIS MORNING.

$$

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.