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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 25, 20126 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-02-25Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 4:39 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLUBBriscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd and 5 more13 hr

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.