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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2011, 3:44 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2011, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens 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, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134 WWUS74 KLUB 212044 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 344 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>042-221100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.110322T1700Z-110322T2300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 344 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: MIDDAY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
162 WWUS74 KLUB 221126 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 626 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>042-222300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.110322T1700Z-110322T2300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 626 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT. * TIMING: MIDDAY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS MORNING...BECOMING SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS MAY ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED DUE TO BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
021 WWUS74 KLUB 222304 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 604 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>042-230015- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 604 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 MPH OR LESS BY 7 PM OR 8 PM FOR MOST OF THE AREA. UNTIL THEN...A FEW LINGERING STRONG GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:08 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 21, 7:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 29 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.