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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2017, 3:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 25, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2017, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 4004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
818 WWUS74 KLUB 250812 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 312 AM CDT Tue Apr 25 2017 TXZ033-034-039-040-260000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.170425T1800Z-170426T0000Z/ Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry- Including the cities of Morton, Levelland, Denver City, Plains, and Brownfield 312 AM CDT Tue Apr 25 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Wind speeds will increase around lunch time then diminish late this afternoon. * WINDS...West southwesterly near 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Hazardous cross winds will result in challenging driving conditions. Locally poor visibilities may result from areas of blowing dust. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph are expected. Adjust travel and outdoor activities accordingly. && $$
1 follow-up statement
639 WWUS74 KLUB 252043 AAA NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 343 PM CDT Tue Apr 25 2017 TXZ033-034-039-040-260000- /O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-170426T0000Z/ Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry- Including the cities of Morton, Levelland, Denver City, Plains, and Brownfield 343 PM CDT Tue Apr 25 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West-southwest near 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Hazardous cross winds will result in challenging driving conditions. Locally poor visibilities may result from areas of blowing dust. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph are expected. Adjust travel and outdoor activities accordingly. && $$
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.