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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2012, 5:59 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 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 28, 2012, 5:59 AM CST (11:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 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 28, 11:30 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | |
| Feb 28, 3:15 PM CST | WILDFIRE 375 | 4 S Sudan, TX | NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED. DURATION 315-600 PM CST. |
| Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST | WILDFIRE 375 | 4 S Sudan, TX | NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131 WWUS74 KLUB 281159 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 559 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY... .A POTENT STORM MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY WILL CAUSE STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH BUFFETING CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. THE DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING WAS THINNING QUICKLY WITH THE ONSET OF GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. TXZ021>023-027-028-282000- /O.CAN.KLUB.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0003.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0003.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 559 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY TO LIGHT STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES. DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS 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. && $$ TXZ024-029-030-033>035-039>041-282000- /O.CAN.KLUB.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0003.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...PLAINVIEW... FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 559 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ036-042-282000- /O.CAN.KLUB.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ CROSBY-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBYTON...RALLS...POST 559 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-043-044-282000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 559 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
437 WWUS74 KLUB 282011 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 211 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... A POTENT STORM NEARING THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE CAUSED STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH BUFFETING CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TXZ021>023-027-028-290100- /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 211 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO LIGHT STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES. DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ TXZ024>026-029>044-290100- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT- STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS... TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR... GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL... POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 211 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:59 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 13 more | 13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.