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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2016, 12:31 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 30, 2016, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2016, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2016, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Hall County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 3019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
321 WWUS74 KLUB 301831 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1231 PM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 TXZ021>025-310000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0002.160130T2000Z-160131T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS 1231 PM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...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...NOW UNTIL 6 PM CST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST IS ALSO LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 6:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 12 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.