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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2016, 6:31 AM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 26, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2016, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 11:28 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, 11.5 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
- 3772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
647 WWUS74 KLUB 261131 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 631 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 TXZ021>044-262100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.160426T1800Z-160427T0200Z/ 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 631 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE AND COMPACT VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR LOW VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ADJUST TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Hall, Swisher | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby, Floyd | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Childress | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, Kent, King | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 14 min |
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.