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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 8:56 AM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 22 counties
Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -522 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -785 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
727 WWUS74 KLUB 151356 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 856 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXZ021>042-152200- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0016.120415T1356Z-120415T2200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST 856 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE INCREASED EARLY THIS MORNING AND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WESTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE CHALLENGING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS TODAY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd, Hall | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 67 min |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Floyd | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Hall | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Motley | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Motley | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress, Hall | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 11:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, Motley | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent, King, Stonewall | 34 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.