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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 1, 201214 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2012, 7:15 AM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2012, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 1, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2012-03-01Temperature 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 2012-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
4093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

090 
WWUS74 KLUB 011315
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
715 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012

TXZ021>023-027>030-033>036-039>041-020100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.120301T1700Z-120302T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-
LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...
LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL
715 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...WESTERLY 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
375 
WWUS74 KLUB 020057
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
657 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

TXZ021>023-027>030-033>036-039>041-020200-
/O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T0100Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-
LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...
LOCKNEY...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...
CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...
ODONNELL
657 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE GENERALLY DIMINISH TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS LESS THAN
30 MPH...AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE EVENING HOURS. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM
CST.

$$

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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.