Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 counties
Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 5819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973 WWUS74 KLUB 030820 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 320 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>036-039>041-032100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.110403T1700Z-110404T0300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 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...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 320 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. * TIMING: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK DURING LATE AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
277 WWUS74 KLUB 032027 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 327 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>036-039>041-040300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110404T0300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 327 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
876 WWUS74 KLUB 040253 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 953 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 TXZ033-039-040-040400- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110404T0300Z/ COCHRAN-YOAKUM-TERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD 953 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE BETWEEN 12 AM AND 4 AM. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. $$ TXZ026-032-037-038-042>044-041200- /O.EXB.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.110404T0300Z-110404T1200Z/ CHILDRESS-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILDRESS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR... GUTHRIE...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 953 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 11 PM AND PASS THROUGH THE ENTIRE ROLLING PLAINS REGION BY 4 AM. * WINDS: GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH THEN SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THIS WIND SHIFT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR ONGOING FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ021>025-027>031-034>036-041-041200- /O.EXT.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110404T1200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH... CROSBYTON...RALLS...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 953 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 11 PM AND PASS THROUGH THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS REGION BY 4 AM. * WINDS: GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH THEN SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THIS WIND SHIFT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR ONGOING FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.