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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 4, 201518 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-02-04Temperature 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 2015-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 6:11 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLUBChildress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hall and 5 more3 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.