Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2016

Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 26, 20168 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2016, 2:26 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2016, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26Temperature 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

487 
WWUS74 KLUB 261926
NPWLUB

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

TXZ021-027-028-033-034-039-040-270500-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.160327T0200Z-160327T1000Z/
PARMER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...MULESHOE...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON...LEVELLAND...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...
BROWNFIELD
226 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...LATE EVENING THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
429 
WWUS74 KLUB 270102
NPWLUB

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


TXZ022-270915-
/O.EXB.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.160327T0102Z-160327T1000Z/
CASTRO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIMMITT...HART
802 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.

&&

$$

TXZ021-027-028-033-034-039-040-270915-
/O.EXT.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.160327T0102Z-160327T1000Z/
PARMER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...MULESHOE...
LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...MORTON...LEVELLAND...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...
BROWNFIELD
802 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW 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.

&&

$$
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.

&&

$$

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2016Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.