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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2016, 2:56 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2016, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2016, 6:00 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 21:00 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, 8.9 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
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 648 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 671 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
593 WWUS74 KLUB 020005 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 TXZ036-020200- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.160202T0005Z-160202T0200Z/ CROSBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO 605 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM. * WINDS...WESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ALSO... LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY FROM BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-039>041-020115- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT... HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD... OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK... DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O'DONNELL 605 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TXZ037-038-042>044-020200- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.160202T0005Z-160202T0200Z/ DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPUR...DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY... GROW...GUTHRIE...GRAHAM...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 605 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM. * WINDS...WESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ALSO... LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY FROM BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
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, 5:08 AM CST | High Wind Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 9 more | 10 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.