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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

December 14, 201212 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 14, 2012, 7:00 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. 15 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
Dec 14, 2012, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 14, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 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 12:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 14, 2:50 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 652 Ssw Muleshoe, TX
Dec 14, 2:59 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 66Lazbuddie, TXSCHOOLNET AT LAZBUDDIE
Dec 14, 3:10 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 581 Ne Amherst, TX
Dec 14, 3:12 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 64Friona, TXFRIONA HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLNET
Dec 14, 3:16 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 59Dimmitt, TXDIMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOLNET
Dec 14, 3:20 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 742 Ne Dimmitt, TX
Dec 14, 3:25 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 S Sudan, TXPOWER LINES DOWN AT 303 AND 37
Dec 14, 3:30 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 624 S Levelland, TX
Dec 14, 3:32 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 63Hart, TXHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNET
Dec 14, 4:04 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 61Lubbock, TXAT KCBD
Dec 14, 4:05 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 773 Wnw Lubbock, TX
Dec 14, 4:06 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGLubbock, TXPOWERLINES DOWN ON WOODROW ROAD
Dec 14, 4:10 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 612 Ne Friona, TX
Dec 14, 4:11 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 E Shallowater, TXPOWERLINES DOWN NEAR CORN MAZE ON 1294
Dec 14, 4:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGLubbock, TXLRG TREE DOWN AND FENCE DAMAGE 2800 BLK GRINNELL NEAR DETROIT AVE

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 12:00Z, 1.0 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 12:00Z on 2012-12-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

105 
WWUS74 KLUB 141300
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
700 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-142330-
/O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0004.121214T1800Z-121215T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0006.121214T2000Z-121215T0000Z/
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
700 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS
  THIS AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED BY FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND
  THIS FRONT...WIDESPREAD STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NON-
  THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL DEVELOP.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN GENERATE LARGE AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST THAT MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS NEAR
  OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...TRASH CANS OR
LIGHTWEIGHT FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS LIKELY
OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH
OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 2:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 4 more60 min
Dec 14, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer32 min
Dec 14, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock and 1 more35 min
Dec 14, 3:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLynn30 min
Dec 14, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock and 1 more28 min
Dec 14, 4:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza, Lynn36 min
Dec 14, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Hall, Lubbock, Motley32 min
Dec 14, 4:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, Kent, King and 2 more21 min
Dec 14, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hall, Motley24 min
Dec 14, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Dickens, Hall, King, Motley29 min
Dec 14, 5:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle, King, Stonewall30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.