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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lubbock, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 13 min |
| Mar 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 18 min |
| Mar 18, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Garza | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle | 29 min |
Nearby
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.