Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 23, 2013, 6:16 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2013, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2013, 9:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | SUSTAINED 45 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 4:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | SUSTAINED 44 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:10 PM CDT | DUST STORM | Farwell, TX | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 0.25 MILES. |
| Mar 23, 5:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:30 PM CDT | DUST STORM | Dimmitt, TX | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 BLOCK. |
| Mar 23, 5:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | SUSTAINED 50 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | SUSTAINED 43 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:36 PM CDT | DUST STORM | Muleshoe, TX | ZERO VISIBILITY AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 23, 5:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | SUSTAINED 46 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Mar 23, 5:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | SUSTAINED 45 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WWUS74 KLUB 231116 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 616 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ021-022-027-028-232100- /O.UPG.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130323T1800Z-130324T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0004.130323T1800Z-130324T0500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 616 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ038-044-232100- /O.EXT.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130324T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ KING-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...ASPERMONT 616 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ023-024-029>031-033>037-039>043-232100- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130323T1800Z-130324T0500Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON... RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON 616 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ025-026-032-232100- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130324T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...PADUCAH 616 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
4 follow-up statements
911 WWUS74 KLUB 232040 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 340 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ021-022-027-028-240500- /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 340 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS... PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ023-024-029>031-033>037-039>043-240500- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY- DICKENS-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS... MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON... RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON 340 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ025-026-032-038-044-240500- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130324T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-KING-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... PADUCAH...GUTHRIE...ASPERMONT 340 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
337 WWUS74 KLUB 232220 AAA NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ021-022-027-028-240300- /O.NEW.KLUB.DS.W.0001.130323T2220Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...DUST STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT BEFORE SUNSET WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * VISIBILITY...SOME AREAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO THICK BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR EXPOSED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ TXZ023-029-240300- /O.NEW.KLUB.DS.W.0001.130323T2220Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ SWISHER-HALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...PLAINVIEW 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...DUST STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * VISIBILITY...SOME AREAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO THICK BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR EXPOSED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ TXZ024-030-031-033>037-039>043-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ BRISCOE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...FLOYDADA... LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL... POST...JAYTON 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ025-026-032-038-044-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130324T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-KING-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... PADUCAH...GUTHRIE...ASPERMONT 520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
645 WWUS74 KLUB 232338 AAB NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ033>035-039>041-240300- /O.EXA.KLUB.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON... WOLFFORTH...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR EXPOSED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ021-022-027-028-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT BEFORE SUNSET WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * VISIBILITY...SOME AREAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO THICK BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR EXPOSED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ TXZ023-029-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ SWISHER-HALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...PLAINVIEW 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * VISIBILITY...SOME AREAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO THICK BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS NEAR EXPOSED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ TXZ024-030-031-036-037-042-043-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ BRISCOE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-CROSBY-DICKENS-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...FLOYDADA... LOCKNEY...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...CROSBYTON...RALLS... DICKENS...SPUR...POST...JAYTON 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTH AND PROLONG THE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ025-026-032-038-044-240300- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.130324T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-KING-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... PADUCAH...GUTHRIE...ASPERMONT 638 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
922 WWUS74 KLUB 240201 AAC NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 901 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ021-022-027-028-240500- /O.CAN.KLUB.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-BAILEY-LAMB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON 901 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...DUST STORM WARNING AND HIGH WIND WARNING ARE CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND DUST STORM WARNING HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ023-029-033>035-039>041-240500- /O.CAN.KLUB.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130324T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ SWISHER-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...PLAINVIEW...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...PLAINS...DENVER CITY... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 901 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...DUST STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE DUST STORM WARNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-240500- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130324T0500Z/ BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS... TURKEY...CHILDRESS...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR... GUTHRIE...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 901 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...NORTHERLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO LOFT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Mar 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 446 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 .SHORT TERM... BUSY WEATHER DAY TODAY HIGHLIGHTED BY STRONG WIND...BLOWING DUST AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING THE HIGH IMPACT WEATHER TO WEST TEXAS IS AN ENERGETIC SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS CURRENTLY DIVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND WILL EMERGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS LATE TODAY. IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM...COOL AND MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW CURRENTLY DOMINATES THE FA...AND WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOP IN ADDITION TO AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS EARLY THIS MORNING. ALSO...ELEVATED WAA DRIVEN SHOWERS/STORMS MAY FLIRT WITH THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES TO AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z. HOWEVER...THINGS WILL BE CHANGING...PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. AT THE SFC...A TROUGH/DRYLINE WILL PROGRESS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CAPROCK...WITH DRY AND INCREASINGLY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACTLY HOW FAR EAST THIS WARM/DRY/WINDY AIR WILL ADVANCE...WITH THE RAP AND NAM SUGGESTING THE SFC RIDGING WILL HOLD STRONG ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN ZONES...THUS HOLDING THE WINDS AND TEMPERATURES DOWN AND KEEPING THE MOISTURE LEVEL UP THERE. THIS SEEMS PLAUSIBLE GIVEN THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER APPROACH OF THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM. ELSEWHERE...THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE CAPROCK THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT SOLID WIND ADVISORY FOR SPOTS ON THE CAPROCK BY LATE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE SLOWER EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE UPPER TROUGH...STRONG DEEP SUBSIDENCE WILL BE DELAYED A BIT...WHICH BRINGS SOME UNCERTAINTY TO JUST HOW EFFICIENTLY THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SFC. STILL...GIVEN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE NWP THAT A 40+ KT 850 MB JET WILL TRANSLATE FROM EASTERN NM TOWARD OUR FAR NORTHWESTERN ZONES FROM MID-TO LATE AFTERNOON...HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE FROM A WIND ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LOFT PLENTY OF BLOWING DUST AND COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE FA. WE DID DECIDE TO TRIM THE WIND ADVISORY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN MOST ZONES THROUGH 00Z...WHERE THE SFC RIDGING WILL LIKELY HELP KEEP WINDS DOWN. THEN...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CWA. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT COUPLED WITH PROGGED 3 HOUR PRESSURE RISES OF 10-13 MB IMMEDIATELY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT RAISE CONCERNS FOR VERY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT. HENCE...WE ARE MAINTAINING ALL WIND HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH 05Z...WHILE EXPANDING THE WIND ADVISORY TO INCLUDE THE FAR EASTERN ZONES IN THE 00-05Z TIMEFRAME. THERE IS SOME CONCERN THE ADDED ISALLOBARIC COMPONENT TO THE WINDS COULD PUSH WINDS INTO HIGH WIND TERRITORY OVER MUCH/ALL OF THE CAPROCK AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT WILL ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO EVALUATE AND DECIDE IF AN UPGRADE MAY BE NEEDED. THIS FRONT COULD ALSO INITIALLY ENHANCE/FOCUS THE DUST...THOUGH VISIBILITIES SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE AND WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING/TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SLOWLY RELAXES. LARGE-SCALE LIFT WILL ALSO GRAZE BY TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND A BRIEF SHOWER IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION TOWARD CHILDRESS. EXPECT RELATIVELY MILD CONDITIONS TODAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM NEAR 60 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES TO NEAR 80S FROM SPUR TO JAYTON...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST FROM THERE. CHILLY AIR WILL ADVECT IN TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT SUPPLYING LOWS IN THE TEENS NORTHWEST...WITH 20S COMMON OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. && .LONG TERM... SHARPLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS COOL AIR FLOWS SOUTH ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH. ERN ZONES MAY SEE A INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS AFTER SUNRISE AS STRONGER WINDS ON THE TAIL END OF THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION MIX DOWN BUT WINDS IN GENERAL WILL TREND DOWNWARD THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING LIGHT BY EVENING. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL COUNTER THE COLD AIR ADVECTION TO A DEGREE AND HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 40S...WITH SOME LOWER 50S IN THE SOUTH. ON MONDAY...AS WEAK TRAILING DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE SE OUT OF COLO INTO THE PANHANDLES...BRIEFLY ENHANCING THE UPSLOPE FLOW...AND LIKELY GENERATING SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NE NM MONDAY MORNING. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS COULD MAKE AS FAR AS THE SW TX PANHANDLE AND WE HAVE MAINTAINED A VERY LOW CHANCE /10 PERCENT/ OF NON-ACCUMULATING FLURRIES. OTHERWISE...WITH COOL-SFC RIDGING PERSISTING AND SOME MID-LVL CLOUD COVER ACCOMPANYING THE PASSING WAVE...WE DON/T EXPECT A GREAT DEAL OF MODERATING OF TEMPS...ONLY A SLIGHT WARMING IN THE UPPER 40S/LOWER 50S. BY TUESDAY...SFC RIDGING WILL SHIFT EAST AND LEE TROUGHING WILL COMMENCE AS UPPER FLOW TENDS TO BECOME MORE ZONAL. HIGHS LIKELY TO WARM INTO THE 50S FOR TUESDAY. THE WARMING TREND WILL PICK UP STEAM WED INTO THU AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES BROADLY CYCLONIC DOWNSTREAM OF A TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST. LOW-LVL MOISTURE RETURN WILL ALSO BEGIN ACROSS TX AND COULD REACH OUR SRN ZONES BY THURSDAY EVENING. MEDIUM-RANGE GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIFFER ON THE EVOLUTION OF A CLOSED LOW TAKING SHAPE OVER SRN CALIFORNIA LATE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND POSITION OF A DRYLINE DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP MAY ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING IF THE DRYLINE HOLDS NEAR THE CAPROCK. THEN NEXT WEEKEND OR EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK...AS THE UPPER LOW EJECTS AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD IN THERE OF SOME HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES. LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS KEEPS THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. && .FIRE WEATHER... COOL AND MOIST CONDITIONS WERE GREETING THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...VERY DRY AIR AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE CAPROCK INTO THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. EXPECT RH VALUES TO FALL WELL BELOW 10 PERCENT...TO AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF THE CAPROCK AND INTO THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS AS SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AT 20 FT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM 18Z THROUGH 3Z. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IF THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY AIR WILL ADVANCE INTO THE FAR EASTERN EXTENT OF THE CURRENT RED FLAG WARNING...BUT HAVE CHOSEN TO MAINTAIN AS IS FOR NOW. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN RACE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING...BRINGING AN ABRUPT NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT AND CONTINUED VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WIND SHIFT WILL COMPLICATE ANY ONGOING FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS. THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THOUGH RH VALUES WILL STEADILY CLIMB BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FORECAST WEATHER PATTERN OF DRY WESTERLY MID-TROPOSPHERIC FLOW AND BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE IN THE DAYTIME HOURS MAY FAVOR SOME FIRE WX CONCERNS ACROSS WESTERN AREAS DURING THE WED THROUGH SAT TIME-FRAME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 59 19 42 19 41 / 0 10 0 10 10 TULIA 66 22 42 21 41 / 10 10 0 10 10 PLAINVIEW 68 23 44 22 42 / 10 10 0 0 10 LEVELLAND 69 21 46 23 47 / 0 10 0 0 10 LUBBOCK 71 24 46 24 47 / 0 10 0 0 10 DENVER CITY 72 24 48 26 50 / 0 0 0 0 10 BROWNFIELD 73 23 48 26 49 / 0 0 0 0 10 CHILDRESS 66 28 47 25 48 / 10 10 10 0 10 SPUR 79 29 49 26 47 / 10 10 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 76 31 50 28 50 / 10 10 0 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>024-027>031-033>044. WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ023-024-029>031-033>037-039>043. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021-022-027-028. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ025-026-032-038-044. && 23/33
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 611 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ021>044-241115- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 611 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FIRE WEATHER VERY STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT HALL...CHILDRESS AND COTTLE. NON PRECIPITATION A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS. THIS AREA WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BRING AN ABRUPT NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT AND MAINTAIN THE STRONG WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CAPROCK AND MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF OPEN FIELDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 4 hr |
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