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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 22, 20129 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2012, 9:38 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2012, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2012-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

500 
WWUS74 KLUB 221438
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
938 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-221800-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0012.120322T1438Z-120322T1800Z/
BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...
TURKEY...CHILDRESS...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...
ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...
GUTHRIE
938 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS. LOCAL
  VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS FROM BLOWING DUST MAY DROP TO UNDER A MILE.

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.

&&

$$

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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.