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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2017, 6:22 AM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2017, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 38 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2017, 6:22 AM CST (12:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:50 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | PEAK GUST OF 61 MPH AT 258 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 1:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 28, 1:24 PM CST | WILDFIRE 8500 | 3 S Sundown, TX | WILDFIRE STARTED IN NORTHEAST YOAKUM COUNTY NEAR FM 1780 AROUND 124 PM. FIRE SPREAD TO SOUTH OF SUNDOWN IN SOUTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTY BY 4 PM. 85 PERCENT CONTAINED AS OF 9 PM WITH NO GROWTH OBSERVED. |
| Feb 28, 1:30 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | PEAK GUST OF 60 MPH AT 350 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 1:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 6 S Olton, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 1:50 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | PEAK GUST OF 67 MPH AT 345 PM CST. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 1:50 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | PEAK GUST OF 64 MPH AT 405 PM CST. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 3 N Plains, TX | PEAK GUST OF 65 MPH AT 340 PM CST. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:14 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Reese Center, TX | PEAK GUST OF 60 MPH AT 435 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:15 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 8 Wsw Sundown, TX | PEAK GUST OF 64 MPH AT 350 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:21 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Vigo Park, TX | PEAK GUST OF 61 MPH AT 520 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 4 S Levelland, TX | PEAK GUST OF 63 MPH AT 355 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 8 Wsw Sundown, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 28, 2:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 28, 2:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | PEAK GUST OF 58 MPH AT 425 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 2 S Brownfield, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 3 N Hart, TX | PEAK GUST OF 59 MPH AT 440 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Feb 28, 2:48 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | New Home, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 2:55 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | PEAK GUST OF 60 MPH AT 435 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 3:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Ene Tulia, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 3:15 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | PEAK GUST OF 64 MPH AT 435 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 3:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | |
| Feb 28, 3:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | |
| Feb 28, 3:30 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 3:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | PEAK GUST OF 59 MPH AT 405 PM. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 3:50 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 7 Wnw Denver City, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 4:00 PM CST | WILDFIRE 0 | 3 S Sundown, TX | LARGE WILDFIRE STARTED IN NORTHEAST YOAKUM COUNTY NEAR FM 1780 AROUND 124 PM...HAS SINCE ENTERED HOCKLEY COUNTY. CURRENTLY SOUTH OF SUNDOWN. |
| Feb 28, 4:15 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | PEAK GUST OF 58 MPH AT SAME TIME. MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 4:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brownfield, TX | PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF LOCAL BUSINESS. |
| Feb 28, 4:34 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nne Lubbock, TX | MEASURED BY ASOS. |
| Feb 28, 4:45 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 5:30 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Nne Floydada, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 5:30 PM CST | WILDFIRE 0 | 2 Wsw Tulia, TX | INTERSTATE 27 CLOSED NEAR TULIA FROM 3 SEPARATE WILDFIRES. EVACUATIONS ORDERED NEAR MACKENZIE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Feb 28, 5:52 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Caprock Canyon Sp, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 6:01 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 S Plainview, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TX MESONET. |
| Feb 28, 6:26 PM CST | WILDFIRE 0 | 5 Nnw Whitharral, TX | WILDFIRE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WHITHARRAL... OR 8 MILES EAST OF PEP. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 597 AND ALAMO. |
| Feb 28, 6:26 PM CST | WILDFIRE 0 | 5 Nnw Whitharral, TX | WILDFIRE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WHITHARRAL...OR 8 MILES EAST OF PEP. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 597 AND ALAMO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
573 WWUS74 KLUB 281222 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 622 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>036-039>042-010100- /O.UPG.KLUB.HW.A.0002.170228T1700Z-170301T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0002.170228T1700Z-170301T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Dimmitt, Hart, Tulia, Silverton, Quitaque, Memphis, Muleshoe, Littlefield, Olton, Plainview, Cedar Hill, Matador, Roaring Springs, Morton, Levelland, Lubbock, Ralls, Crosbyton, Lorenzo, Denver City, Plains, Brownfield, Tahoka, ODonnell, Graham, and Post 622 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CST this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * TIMING...From 11 AM until 7 PM. * WINDS...Out of the southwest at 35 to 45 mph with gusts around 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Travel could become hazardous, especially for small cars and large trucks. Lightweight outdoor objects could be swept away if not secured. Blowing dust will reduce visibility, especially near construction sites and open fields. Broken tree limbs and downed utility lines also may result. 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. && $$ TXZ026-032-037-038-043-044-010100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.170228T1700Z-170301T0100Z/ Childress-Cottle-Dickens-King-Kent-Stonewall- Including the cities of Childress, Paducah, Hackberry, Spur, Dickens, Dumont, Finney, Grow, Guthrie, Jayton, and Aspermont 622 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...From 11 am to 7 pm. * WINDS...Out of the southwest at 30 to 40 mph with gusts around 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust may reduce visibility, especially near construction sites and open fields. Secure lawn furniture, garbage cans or other objects which could be blown about by the wind. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph are expected. Adjust travel and outdoor activities accordingly. && $$
1 follow-up statement
912 WWUS74 KLUB 282105 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 305 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 TXZ031-042-010100- /O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-170301T0100Z/ Motley-Garza- Including the cities of Matador, Roaring Springs, Graham, and Post 305 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 7 PM CST this evening. The High Wind Warning has been cancelled. * TIMING...until 7 pm. * WINDS...Out of the southwest at 30 to 40 mph with gusts around 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust may reduce visibility, especially near construction sites and open fields. Secure lawn furniture, garbage cans or other objects which could be blown about by the wind. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph are expected. Adjust travel and outdoor activities accordingly. && $$ TXZ021>025-027>030-033>036-039>041-010100- /O.CON.KLUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Dimmitt, Hart, Tulia, Silverton, Quitaque, Memphis, Muleshoe, Littlefield, Olton, Plainview, Cedar Hill, Morton, Levelland, Lubbock, Ralls, Crosbyton, Lorenzo, Denver City, Plains, Brownfield, Tahoka, and ODonnell 305 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...until 7 PM. * WINDS...Out of the southwest at 35 to 45 mph with gusts around 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Travel could become hazardous, especially for small cars and large trucks. Lightweight outdoor objects could be swept away if not secured. Blowing dust will reduce visibility, especially near construction sites and open fields. Broken tree limbs and downed utility lines also may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ TXZ026-032-037-038-043-044-010100- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-170301T0100Z/ Childress-Cottle-Dickens-King-Kent-Stonewall- Including the cities of Childress, Paducah, Hackberry, Spur, Dickens, Dumont, Finney, Grow, Guthrie, Jayton, and Aspermont 305 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...until 7 pm. * WINDS...Out of the southwest at 30 to 40 mph with gusts around 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust may reduce visibility, especially near construction sites and open fields. Secure lawn furniture, garbage cans or other objects which could be blown about by the wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:22 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.