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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 1, 2016, 5:08 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2016, 5:08 AM CST (11:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2016, 2:56 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:12 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 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
748 WWUS74 KLUB 011108 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 508 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE PANHANDLE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS IT DOES...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LIFTING WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-011915- /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0001.160201T1600Z-160202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0001.160201T1800Z-160202T0000Z/ 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 508 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DEVELOPING NEAR THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO LINE LATE MONDAY MORNING AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CAPROCK THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST FROM 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR ALL VEHICLE TYPES. ALSO...POOR VISIBILITY IS LIKELY FROM BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
237 WWUS74 KLUB 012056 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 256 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-020000- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.160201T2056Z-160202T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD... OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...O'DONNELL 256 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS SLOWED AND ALLOWED AN INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE WHICH HAS REDUCED THE RISK OF WIDE AREAS OF SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TURNING WESTERLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ALSO...LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY FROM BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 5:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:56 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 9 more | 3 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.