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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 15, 201222 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -522 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock, Lynn27 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock37 min
Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn35 min
Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Hale30 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Floyd, Hall33 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn67 min
Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock65 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd25 min
Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall28 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley31 min
Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBMotley30 min
Apr 14, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Motley35 min
Apr 14, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress, Hall31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens47 min
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent45 min
Apr 14, 11:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Motley23 min
Apr 15, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle30 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King52 min
Apr 15, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent48 min
Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle15 min
Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent, King, Stonewall34 min

Nearby

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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.