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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 11:07 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2012, 11:07 AM CST (17:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179 WWUS74 KLUB 271707 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 TXZ021>032-280000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.120127T1800Z-120128T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND 12 PM THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING MORE CHALLENGING...PARTICULARLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$
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.