Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 10:27 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 3:43 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 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, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall 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 16:26 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WWUS74 KLUB 231627 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1027 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 TXZ021>044-240100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0005.120223T1627Z-120224T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 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...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1027 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS AREA. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. THEN THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
917 WWUS74 KLUB 232143 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 343 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 TXZ021>044-232245- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0100Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 343 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED ADVISORY LEVEL WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT 7 PM THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 5:13 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hale and 9 more | 11 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.