Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 4:38 AM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 3197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WWUS74 KLUB 251038 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 438 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 TXZ021>026-252100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0006.120225T1800Z-120226T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS 438 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
787 WWUS74 KLUB 252102 AAA NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 302 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 TXZ021>026-260000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS 302 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd and 5 more | 13 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.