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Blowing Dust Advisory 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

January 22, 201224 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this blowing dust advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 5:10 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2012, 5:10 AM CST (11:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 6 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 11:08 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Jan 22, 4:53 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:53 AM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 5:05 AM CST, 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
505 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

TXZ021>044-231115-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
505 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS APPROACHING 65 MPH WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY BEHIND A DRY
COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST ON THE
CAPROCK WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT
TODAY FROM 6 AM CST UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE SOUTH
PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE
WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 10:37 AM CST	Dust Storm Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd, Garza and 9 more	5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.