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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 18, 20129 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2012, 3:27 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2012, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2012-03-18Temperature 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 2012-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
5281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

166 
WWUS74 KLUB 180827
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
327 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

TXZ021>023-027-028-033-034-039-040-182100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD
327 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS...BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 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 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
242 
WWUS74 KLUB 181937
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
237 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

TXZ021>023-027-028-033-034-039-040-190100-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD
237 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS...BETWEEN 30 AND 35 
  MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 3:27 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more17 hr
Mar 18, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing25 min
Mar 18, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress37 min
Mar 18, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle, Hall59 min
Mar 18, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent50 min
Mar 18, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King51 min
Mar 18, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle29 min
Mar 18, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress66 min
Mar 18, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing46 min
Mar 18, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing, Stonewall41 min
Mar 18, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing13 min
Mar 18, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing38 min
Mar 18, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress18 min
Mar 18, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza44 min
Mar 18, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn66 min
Mar 18, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle29 min

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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.