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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 11, 201212 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2012, 4:40 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2012, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2012-03-11Temperature 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 2012-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

256 
WWUS74 KLUB 110940
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
440 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012


TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-112100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0010.120311T1700Z-120312T0000Z/
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
440 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE FORECAST TO
OCCUR. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
488 
WWUS74 KLUB 112007
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
307 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012

TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-120000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120312T0000Z/
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
307 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
  GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE FORECAST TO
OCCUR. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&

$$

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.