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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 26, 2016Bailey County, Cochran County, Yoakum County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 26, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT for Bailey County, Cochran County, Yoakum County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 112 min. 1 report 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 26, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2016, 10:52 PM CDT
In force
112 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 10:05 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 411 Ene Morton, TXWEST TEXAS MESONET

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-27Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WWUS74 KLUB 270150
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
850 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016


TXZ021-022-028-034-040-271000-
/O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.160327T0200Z-160327T1000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-LAMB-HOCKLEY-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD
850 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 
  LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- 
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  ADDITIONALLY...PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

TXZ027-033-039-271000-
/O.UPG.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0003.160327T0200Z-160327T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.160327T0400Z-160327T1000Z/
BAILEY-COCHRAN-YOAKUM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...MORTON...DENVER CITY...
PLAINS
850 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AFTER
EXPIRATION OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 11PM.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. A WIND
  GUST TO 72 MPH WAS RECORDED AT MULESHOE AT 835 PM.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- 
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  ADDITIONALLY...PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

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.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
688 
WWUS74 KLUB 270238
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
938 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016


TXZ027-033-039-270500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.160327T0238Z-160327T0500Z/
/O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T0400Z/
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.160327T0400Z-160327T1000Z/
BAILEY-COCHRAN-YOAKUM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...MORTON...DENVER CITY...
PLAINS
938 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 11PM.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. A WIND 
  GUST TO 72 MPH WAS RECORDED AT MULESHOE AT 835 PM. 

* VISIBILITY...ONE HALF MILE WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF LOWER
  VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST-
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A
  HABOOB HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR MORTON. 

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.

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 BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF TO ONE
MILE WILL OCCUR FROM BLOWING DUST. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TXZ021-022-028-034-040-270500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.160327T0238Z-160327T0500Z/
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-LAMB-HOCKLEY-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD
938 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 
  LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ONE HALF MILE WITH LOCALIZED LOWER
  VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. A HABOOB IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONTAL
  BOUNDARY.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST-
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE.
 

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 BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF TO ONE
MILE WILL OCCUR FROM BLOWING DUST. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TXZ023-024-029-030-035-036-041-042-270500-
/O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...
PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...
TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST
938 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 
  LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST-
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$
986 
WWUS74 KLUB 270352
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1052 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016


TXZ027-033-039-271000-
/O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T0400Z/
/O.CAN.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160327T0500Z/
/O.EXT.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.160327T0352Z-160327T1000Z/
BAILEY-COCHRAN-YOAKUM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...MORTON...DENVER CITY...
PLAINS
1052 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ALLOWED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING TO EXPIRE. THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT.


* TIMING...THROUGH 5 AM.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- 
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

TXZ021-022-028-034-040-271000-
/O.CAN.KLUB.DU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160327T0500Z/
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-LAMB-HOCKLEY-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD
1052 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING
DUST ADVISORY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- 
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

TXZ023-024-029-030-035-036-041-042-271000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/
SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...
PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...
TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST
1052 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- 
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:50 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more6 hr
Mar 26, 9:38 PM CDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryLUBBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more74 min
Mar 27, 3:21 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more24 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016

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.