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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

January 11, 201224 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 3:31 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 10:21 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2012, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2012, 10:21 AM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 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 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2012-01-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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.

203 
WWUS74 KLUB 110931
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
331 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

TXZ021>026-028>032-112200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.120111T1800Z-120112T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH
331 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
133 
WWUS74 KLUB 111609
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1009 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

TXZ021>026-028>032-120000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.120111T1800Z-120112T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH
1009 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
864 
WWUS74 KLUB 111621
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1021 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

TXZ021>026-028>032-120000-
/O.EXT.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.120111T1621Z-120112T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH
1021 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
930 
WWUS74 KLUB 111634
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1034 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

TXZ035>038-041>044-120000-
/O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
1034 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

TXZ021>026-028>032-120000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH
1034 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
713 
WWUS74 KLUB 111815
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1215 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

TXZ027-033-034-039-040-120000-
/O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
BAILEY-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD
1215 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: ALL AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

TXZ021>026-028>032-035>038-041>044-120000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-
STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
1215 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: ALL AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING SPEEDS GREATER THAN 
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND TRAVEL MAY BE 
  IMPACTED. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALSO MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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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.