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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2015, 3:16 PM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2015, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 3214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
198 WWUS74 KLUB 042116 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 316 PM CST WED FEB 4 2015 TXZ027>044-050000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0002.150204T2116Z-150205T0000Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 316 PM CST WED FEB 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS BEHIND AN AFTERNOON COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY LOFT BLOWING DUST AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY DOWNWIND OF OPEN FIELDS. 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 4, 6:11 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hall and 5 more | 3 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.