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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 4:50 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 4507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WWUS74 KLUB 020950 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 450 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-022100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.120402T1700Z-120403T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 450 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
971 WWUS74 KLUB 021011 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 511 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-022130- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.120402T1700Z-120403T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 511 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
887 WWUS74 KLUB 022035 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 335 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-030100- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120403T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 335 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS. PATCHES 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. && $$
829 WWUS74 KLUB 030100 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 800 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-030200- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120403T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 800 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 15 hr |
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.