Alert archive / Texas / Blizzard Warnings in 2015
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this blizzard warning at Dec 25, 2015, 2:53 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 34 hr. 38 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
- Dec 25, 2015, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 4:24 AM CST
- In force
- 34 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 20:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 8:00 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Plains, TX | HEAVY THUNDER SLEET... WITH TOTALS LESS THAN ONE INCH |
| Dec 26, 8:10 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Plains, TX | HEAVY SLEET AND ICE WITH A PASSING THUNDERSTORM. ROADS ARE GETTING ICY. POWER OUTAGE ARE REPORTED. |
| Dec 26, 8:34 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wolfforth, TX | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN JUST BEGINNING |
| Dec 26, 8:40 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Brownfield, TX | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX IN BROWNFIELD. SLEET IS COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Dec 26, 10:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Plains, TX | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 26, 10:53 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 5 Nw Seagraves, TX | 1.5 FT DRIFTS AT FM 1780 AND FM 1939 NORTHWEST OF SEAGRAVES. |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Morton, TX | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGHOUT COCHRAN COUNTY. |
| Dec 26, 11:23 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Farwell, TX | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT IN FARWELL. FRIONA COOP MEASURED 18 INCHES THROUGH 9 AM. |
| Dec 26, 11:31 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Morton, TX | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. NORTH-SOUTH ROADS ALMOST IMPASSABLE. 2 INCHES OF SNOW A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE. |
| Dec 26, 11:36 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 6 Nnw Brownfield, TX | REPORTED THROUGHOUT TERRY COUNTY OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 27, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Levelland, TX | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. RESCUE OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT HOCKLEY COUNTY THIS MORNING FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS. |
| Dec 27, 12:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 E Wolfforth, TX | MULTIPLE VEHICLES STUCK IN DRIFTS IN SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK. |
| Dec 27, 1:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Littlefield, TX | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 84 OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 27, 3:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Hale Center, TX | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 27, 8:26 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Nws Lubbock, TX | DRIFTS AROUND 2 FEET. |
| Dec 27, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Nne Lubbock, TX | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM. |
| Dec 27, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Childress, TX | REPORT FROM THIS MORNING. NO UPDATED TOTAL AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 27, 10:10 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Plains, TX | ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WIND AT THIS TIME. MULTIPLE VEHICLES STRANDED THROUGHOUT COUNTY. |
| Dec 27, 2:53 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Lubbock, TX | MEASURED AT THE LUBBOCK AIRPORT |
| Dec 27, 2:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Denver City, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Brownfield, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Tahoka, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:02 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Morton, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:03 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | Plainview, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:03 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Levelland, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Friona, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Muleshoe, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:06 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Tulia, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:06 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hart, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Floydada, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:09 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Dickens, TX | MOSTLY FELL AS FREEZING RAIN... THOUGH A LITTLE SLEET MIXED IN TOO |
| Dec 27, 3:09 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Crosbyton, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Paducah, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:14 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Aspermont, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:17 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Littlefield, TX | |
| Dec 27, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Dickens, TX | 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON THE GROUND. PRECIP HAD CHANGED TO SNOW AS OF 5 PM. |
| Dec 27, 7:29 PM CST | SLEET 3 | Paducah, TX | 2-3 INCHES OF SLEET. A LITTLE SNOW DID OCCASIONALLY MIX IN. |
| Dec 27, 8:47 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Childress, TX | ROUGH SNOW AND SLEET ESTIMATE. ROADS WERE IN POOR CONDITION. |
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 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WWUS44 KLUB 252053 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 253 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HISTORIC BLIZZARD POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL PULL ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY AND SET THE STAGE FOR A PROLONGED WINTER STORM BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...RECORD SNOW AMOUNTS AND A MIXTURE OF WINTRY MIX AT TIMES WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD SUSPEND TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. MOTORISTS WHO CHOOSE TO TRAVEL IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL RISK BECOMING STRANDED IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-260630- /O.UPG.KLUB.BZ.A.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD... OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...O'DONNELL 253 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...RECORD AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES WITH HEAVIER AREAS LIKELY. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. ENSURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS RURAL AREAS MAY BE ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PLAN A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CAN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-042>044-260630- /O.UPG.KLUB.WS.A.0004.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...SPUR...DICKENS...DUMONT... FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...GRAHAM...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 253 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY SNOW WITH HIGH WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE WORST BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...LOWEST IN THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACT...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. ENSURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS RURAL AREAS MAY BE ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PLAN A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CAN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
8 follow-up statements
476 WWUS44 KLUB 260551 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1151 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HISTORIC BLIZZARD POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL PULL ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY AND SET THE STAGE FOR A PROLONGED WINTER STORM BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD SUSPEND TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. MOTORISTS WHO CHOOSE TO TRAVEL IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL RISK BECOMING STRANDED IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TXZ021>044-261800- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1151 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. IN THESE AREAS SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...WILL RANGE FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. ENSURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS RURAL AREAS MAY BE ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PLAN A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CAN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
102 WWUS44 KLUB 261757 AAA WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1157 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HISTORIC BLIZZARD POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL PULL ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. SHARPLY COLDER AIR ON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY AND WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A PROLONGED WINTER STORM BEGINNING THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD SUSPEND TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. MOTORISTS WHO CHOOSE TO TRAVEL IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL RISK BECOMING STRANDED IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TXZ021>044-270600- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1157 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY OVER MUCH OF THE CAPROCK...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IN THE ROLLING PLAINS EXPECTED LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD EAST ON SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ON THE CAPROCK...WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME AREAS COULD SEE MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTENDED PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RURAL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS THEY COULD BECOME ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PLAN A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
969 WWUS44 KLUB 270517 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1117 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...A CRIPPLING BLIZZARD WILL CONTINUE UNFOLD ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION... AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THROUGH FAR WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED WINTER STORM THAT WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD SUSPEND TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. MOTORISTS WHO CHOOSE TO TRAVEL IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL RISK BECOMING STRANDED IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TXZ021>044-271400- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1117 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WHILE THE MIX TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...UP ON THE CAPROCK. THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A BRIEF MINIMUM IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY VISIT PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ON THE CAPROCK...WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME AREAS COULD SEE MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR DUE TO EXTENDED PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RURAL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS THEY COULD BECOME ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HAVE A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
601 WWUS44 KLUB 271400 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 800 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE AND EXPAND TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE AND DANGEROUS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION... A MAJOR WINTER STORM CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE SOUTH OF EL PASO THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY FURTHER TODAY AS IT MOVES EAST NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR. HIGH WINDS AND EXPANDING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND LARGE SNOW DRIFTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER FAILURES. THE STORM WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AS WELL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. TXZ021>044-272200- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 800 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A BRIEF MINIMUM IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY VISIT PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ON THE CAPROCK...WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME AREAS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER COULD SEE MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WILL ACCUMULATE OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS TODAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. BECOMING STRANDED IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL PUT YOU...YOUR PASSENGERS...AND RESCUE PERSONNEL AT RISK. POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR DUE TO EXTENDED PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RURAL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS THEY COULD BECOME ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HAVE A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
621 WWUS44 KLUB 271400 CCA WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 800 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE AND EXPAND TODAY AND TONIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE AND DANGEROUS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION... A MAJOR WINTER STORM CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE SOUTH OF EL PASO THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY FURTHER TODAY AS IT MOVES EAST NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR. HIGH WINDS AND EXPANDING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND LARGE SNOW DRIFTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER FAILURES. THE STORM WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AS WELL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. TXZ021>044-272200- /O.COR.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 800 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ON THE CAPROCK...WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME AREAS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER COULD SEE MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WILL ACCUMULATE OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS TODAY OR MONDAY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CANCEL THEM ALTOGETHER. BECOMING STRANDED IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL PUT YOU...YOUR PASSENGERS...AND RESCUE PERSONNEL AT RISK. POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR DUE TO EXTENDED PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RURAL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD RESERVES AS THEY COULD BECOME ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HAVE A MEANS TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT COMMERCIAL UTILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
408 WWUS44 KLUB 272138 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 338 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... TXZ021>044-280600- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 338 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT WHEREAS AREAS ON THE CAPROCK SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...WITH GENERALLY LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -4 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYWHERE IN THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. MANY MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN STRANDED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN TREACHEROUS FOLLOWING THE STORM AS TEMPERATURES FAIL TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
463 WWUS44 KLUB 280511 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1111 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... TXZ021>044-281500- /O.CON.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ 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...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1111 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...POTENTIALLY MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET...WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOW THE SNOW AROUND CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITY FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW TOTALS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS...WITH GENERALLY LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. * COLDEST WIND CHILLS...FROM -5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYWHERE IN THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. MANY MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN STRANDED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN TREACHEROUS FOLLOWING THE STORM AS TEMPERATURES FAIL TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND ENSURE YOUR FUEL TANKS ARE FULL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
130 WWUS44 KLUB 281024 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 424 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 TXZ021>044-281130- /O.CAN.KLUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON... LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR... DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY... PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST... JAYTON...ASPERMONT 424 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OR BECOME LIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 25, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1139 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ... MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ENTIRE STAFF AT WFO LUBBOCK! ... .AVIATION... SOME MVFR CIGS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED NNW OF LBB INCLUDING PVW...BUT THESE SHOULD BE INTERMITTENT AT BEST WITH VFR PREVAILING AND 10-15 KNOTS OF SRLY WINDS. MVFR FOG AND STRATUS APPEAR MOST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT MAINLY AT CDS...BUT LBB AND PVW COULD ALSO SEE A FEW HOURS OF THIS BEFORE COLD FROPA ARRIVES AROUND 12Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 450 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/ SHORT TERM... ONE MORE DAY OF WARMTH BEFORE THE BIG CHILL AND THE BUSTED PIPE INDEX INCREASES. SURFACE RIDGING THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT EAST TODAY IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OVER COLORADO WHICH IS A RESULT OF A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US. WE WILL HAVE STRONG WINDS ALOFT FOR TODAY. HOWEVER...MIXING WILL NOT BE THAT TERRIBLY DEEP EXCEPT FOR AREAS NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TODAY BUT ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE MIXING WE DO EXPECT. THESE BREEZY DOWNSLOPING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE MILDER TEMPERATURES THIS CHRISTMAS DAY. WITH SURFACE WINDS REMAINING BACKED OFF THE CAPROCK TONIGHT THE MOISTURE WILL BE FLOWING INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE FOG AND LOW STRATUS TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST. CLOSER TO DAYBREAK...THE ARCTIC FRONT THAT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR DAYS WILL BE ON OUR DOORSTEP JUST ENTERING THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. LONG TERM... OUR CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED OVERNIGHT THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM AND VERY POSSIBLY A BLIZZARD WILL IMPACT THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS REGION STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSISTING SUNDAY NIGHT...MAYBE INTO MONDAY. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE BLIZZARD WATCH EAST TO COVER ALL COUNTIES ON THE CAPROCK...WHILE THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS WHERE A LARGER RISK FOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL COMPLICATE THE HIGHLIGHT PICTURE ALTHOUGH THIS AREA ALSO MAY STILL TREND INTO BLIZZARD BY LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY IF THE DEFORMATION AXIS DEVELOPS AND THE UPPER LOW DOES NOT ACCELERATE EAST TOO QUICKLY. EVEN IF IT DEPARTS A BIT QUICKER...SEE THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH...THIS WINTER STORM STILL IS APPEARING AS A HIGHLY ABNORMAL EVENT FOR THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS REGION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HYPE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF TRAVEL IMPACTS AND ALSO THE LIFE-THREATENING NATURE OF SUCH A STORM. AND HERE IS PERHAPS ONE REASONABLE LIMITATION. SOLUTIONS HAVE TIGHTENED ON PATH AND INTENSITY...THE GFS TRENDING FURTHER NORTH AND THE WRF/NAM DROPPING A LITTLE SOUTH...WITH THE 00Z EURO ABOUT AS CLOSE TO THE MEDIAN SOLUTION AS IS POSSIBLE. SOLUTIONS ALSO HAVE SPED UP THE UPPER LOW A BIT MOVING INTO POSITION ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS EARLY SUNDAY. BUT NOW WE ALSO ARE SEEING PERHAPS A MORE RAPID DEPARTURE OF THIS CUTOFF LOW TO THE EAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER INCREASINGLY POTENT LOOKING UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THUS KICKING THE STORM QUICKER TO THE EAST. THIS MAY LIMIT RESIDENCE OF TROWAL AND DEFORMATION AXIS SIGNATURES...THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. WITH LIFT EXPECTED TO SPREAD QUICKER INTO THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY AND TRANSITIONING A BIT QUICKER TO ALL-SNOW ON THE CAPROCK...WE HAVE INCREASED SNOWFALL TOTALS A BIT OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES. OVERALL WE FAVOR SNOW TOTALS IN LINE WITH THE ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY CIPS ANALOG MEANS...WHICH ARE JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN LATEST NCEP HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALS. THIS STILL REPRESENTS A MAJOR SNOW EVENT FOR THIS AREA...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS ON THE CAPROCK...WHILE CONVECTIVE BANDING AND DEFORMATION WILL PROVIDE MEANS FOR SWATHS OF HIGHER TOTALS THAT MAY ACCUMULATE VERY RAPIDLY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS STILL LOOM AS A MAJOR FACTOR WITH A SIGNIFICANT WARM NOSE STILL SHOWING UP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY. LATEST WRF/NAM HAS MORE QUICKLY COOLED THE COLUMN ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS LATER SUNDAY HOWEVER. STILL...THERE COULD BE HALF INCH OR MORE TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE ALL-SNOW TRANSITION OCCURS MAINLY ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. AND THEN THE WIND. 500 MILLIBAR HEIGHTS ON AVERAGE ARE PROJECTED TO DROP ABOUT 70 METERS BETWEEN 18Z SUNDAY AND 06Z MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW STEERS EAST-NORTHEAST FROM NEAR FORT STOCKTON TO AROUND ABILENE. THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE GIVEN THE EXTREMELY RICH HIGH SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AIRMASS THAT WILL RIDE ISENTROPICALLY INTO THE DEVELOPING LOW WITH ENHANCED PRECIPITATION PROCESSES AND LATENT HEAT RELEASE. THE RAPID DEEPENING OF THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN PRESSURE GRADIENTS AS THE COLD SURFACE HIGH ALREADY WILL BE SURGING SOUTH AND SURFACE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SEEM HIGHLY PLAUSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AND PERHAPS EVEN STRONGER ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES. WE HAVE NO QUALMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS TURNING INTO A BLIZZARD AS WELL AS PERHAPS VERY SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AT LEAST BY TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS STANDARDS. SO...ALL-IN-ALL WE HAVE CONTINUED MOST ASPECTS OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY FOR NOW WITH THE EXPANDED BLIZZARD WATCH THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT. BEYOND...THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. A BRIEF GLANCE OF THE JUST NOW ARRIVING 06Z GFS INDICATES THIS MAY PROVIDE MORE CHANCE FOR SNOW THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED ALTHOUGH WE ALREADY HAD CHOSEN THE DRIER BLENDED SOLUTION. WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS SYSTEM. ALSO...SNOW COVER SEEMS A VIRTUAL CERTAINTY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT ONCE THE STORM MOVES OFF AND CLEARING SKIES FOLLOW AS WELL AS MUCH LIGHTER WINDS WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SETTLING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES HAVE DIPPED A BIT MORE INTO SINGLE DIGITS AND WE HAVE ADJUSTED FORECAST MINIMUMS AS LOW AS ZERO OR LESS FOR SOME AREAS. COLD TEMPERATURES OTHERWISE ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE COMING WEEK AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST GRADUALLY EDGES EAST. RMCQUEEN && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-042>044. BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041. && 93
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 5:01 AM CST, 9 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 501 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 TXZ021>044-261100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 501 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS WEEKEND. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AS EARLY AS SATURDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION DEVELOP. THE ADVERSE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS ON THE CAPROCK FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST THROUGH THE ROLLING PLAINS FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.