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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2011, 3:55 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2011, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2011, 3:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 3654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540 WWUS74 KLUB 070855 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-072100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.110407T1800Z-110408T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 355 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING DUST AND A HIGH THREAT OF WIND-DRIVEN GRASSLAND WILDFIRES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
850 WWUS74 KLUB 072033 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-072145- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110408T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 333 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY REACH ABOVE 30 MPH...BUT NOT OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED WITH LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BELOW 3 MILES. EXTREME FIRE DANGER ALSO WILL CONTINUE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:30 AM CDT | 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.