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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 7, 201112 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-04-07Temperature 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 4:30 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more48 hr

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.