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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
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 27, 2016, 3:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 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, Garza 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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. && $$ TXZ027-033-039-271000- /O.UPG.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0003.160327T0200Z-160327T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.160327T0400Z-160327T1000Z/ BAILEY-COCHRAN-YOAKUM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...MORTON...DENVER CITY... PLAINS 850 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 11PM. * WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. A WIND GUST TO 72 MPH WAS RECORDED AT MULESHOE AT 835 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
3 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. && $$ TXZ023-024-029-030-035-036-041-042-271000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-LYNN-GARZA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE... PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO... TAHOKA...O'DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST 1052 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
831 WWUS74 KLUB 270816 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 316 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-270930- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- 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...GRAHAM...POST 316 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THOUGH STILL BREEZY WITH SPEEDS IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...SO HAVE ELECTED TO DISCONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:50 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Yoakum | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 74 min |
| Mar 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 24 hr |
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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.