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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

January 21, 201720 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2017, 3:27 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2017, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2017, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 22, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-21Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

512 
WWUS74 KLUB 210927
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
327 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

TXZ021>023-027>031-033>044-212200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0002.170121T1600Z-170122T1200Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-
STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...
CEDAR HILL...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR...DICKENS...DUMONT...
FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...
TAHOKA...ODONNELL...GRAHAM...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
327 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A BRIEF
  LULL IN WINDS MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS
  REINVIGORATE.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE
  WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY TODAY BEFORE TURNING
  NORTHWESTERLY LATE TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. ADJUST TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
854 
WWUS74 KLUB 212122
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
322 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017


TXZ021>023-027>031-033>044-220600-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170122T1200Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-
STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...
CEDAR HILL...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR...DICKENS...DUMONT...
FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...
TAHOKA...ODONNELL...GRAHAM...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
322 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A BRIEF
  LULL IN WINDS MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS
  REINVIGORATE.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE 
  WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY TODAY BEFORE TURNING 
  NORTHWESTERLY LATE TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. ADJUST TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY.

&&

$$
978 
WWUS74 KLUB 220550 AAA 
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1150 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL
CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNRISE SUNDAY.

TXZ021>023-027>031-033>044-221200-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170122T1200Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COCHRAN-
HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-
STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...TULIA...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...
CEDAR HILL...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR...DICKENS...DUMONT...
FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY...PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...
TAHOKA...ODONNELL...GRAHAM...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
1150 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN IN ADVISORY RANGE THROUGH
  SUNRISE SUNDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WESTERLY
  DIRECTION WILL GRADUALLY SWING TO THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADWAYS. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WILL
  ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. ADJUST TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY.

&&

$$

JORDAN

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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.