Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2012, 3:31 AM CST for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 31 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2012, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 3:42 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 21 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, 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:30 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 S Olton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:41 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 S Olton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 3 N Hart, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Ene Tulia, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Nne Floydada, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:13 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 46 | 2 S Caprock Canyon St., TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:40 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 N Hart, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Levelland, TX | RV BLOWN OFF ROADWAY AT FM2130 AND FLORIDA |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 N Roaring Springs, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:39 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lubbock, TX | *** 1 INJ *** TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER MILE MARKER 13 I27 |
| Feb 20, 1:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nne Floydada, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:55 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 3 N Plains, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:40 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nw Childress, TX | |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | DUST STORM | 3 N Estelline, TX | *** 4 INJ *** A LARGE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OCCURRED ALONG US HIGHWAY 287. SIX VEHICLES AND FIVE TRACTOR-TRAILERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CAR WRECK. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TIME OF THE WRECK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598 WWUS74 KLUB 200931 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-202200- /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE. LOCALIZED AREAS NEAR DUST SOURCES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE VISIBILITY DROPPING TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY TO LIGHT STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-037-039>042-202200- /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY TO LIGHT STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES. ARES OF BLOWING DUST WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ038-043-044-202200- /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0002.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.120220T1600Z-120221T0000Z/ KING-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY TO LIGHT STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THESE WINDS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
499 WWUS74 KLUB 202142 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 TXZ033>036-210000- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. WEAKENED OR LIGHT STRUCTURES MAY BE FURTHER DAMAGED. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ021>024-027>030-202245- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 35 MPH. $$ TXZ037-039>042-210000- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO WEAKENED OR LIGHT STRUCTURES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-202245- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 35 MPH. $$ TXZ038-043-044-210000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ KING-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 342 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO WEAKENED OR LIGHT STRUCTURES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 3:31 AM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, Kent and 6 more | 14 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.