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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

June 16, 2012Briscoe County, Castro County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 16, 2012, 1:12 AM CDT for Briscoe County, Castro County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 108 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2012, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
108 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2012-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

556 
WWUS74 KLUB 160612
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
112 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

TXZ022>024-160800-
/O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0005.120616T0612Z-120616T0800Z/
CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIMMITT...HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...
QUITAQUE
112 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...FROM NOW UNTIL 3 AM CDT.

* WINDS...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 80 MPH...ASSOCIATED WITH A DECAYING
  THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH WINDS WILL BLOW POORLY SECURED OBJECTS AROUND
  AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AS WELL AS CREATE MINOR
  STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
983 
WWUS74 KLUB 160750
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
250 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

TXZ022>024-160900-
/O.EXP.KLUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120616T0800Z/
CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIMMITT...HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...
QUITAQUE
250 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

STRONG...GUSTY WINDS FROM A DECAYING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAVE
DIMNISHED AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS IN THE AREA AND MAY
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH 4 AM.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Parmer35 min
Jun 15, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb43 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer40 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM CDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Lubbock and 2 more80 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum51 min
Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher61 min
Jun 15, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry44 min
Jun 15, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hale, Swisher30 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock3 hr
Jun 15, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Lubbock35 min
Jun 15, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 3 more64 min
Jun 16, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCastro31 min
Jun 16, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Parmer41 min
Jun 16, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd, Hale31 min
Jun 16, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLamb46 min
Jun 16, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing46 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley39 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry43 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing37 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens45 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley, Lynn, Terry43 min
Jun 16, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing, Stonewall41 min
Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley35 min
Jun 16, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens43 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLynn2 hr
Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza, Kent29 min

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.