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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 23, 2020Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this high wind warning at May 23, 2020, 7:54 PM CDT for Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2020, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

County Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2020-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

839 
WWUS74 KLUB 240054
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
754 PM CDT Sat May 23 2020

TXZ035-240200-
/O.NEW.KLUB.HW.W.0002.200524T0054Z-200524T0200Z/
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
754 PM CDT Sat May 23 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds around 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Central and eastern Lubbock County.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBSwisher11 min
May 23, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Yoakum34 min
May 23, 7:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza, Lynn93 min
May 23, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBFloyd22 min
May 23, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens15 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn60 min
May 23, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb26 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza, Kent, King, Stonewall21 min
May 23, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHockley26 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall90 min
May 23, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry15 min
May 23, 9:24 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLUBGarza11 hr
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock66 min
May 24, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Lynn56 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLUBLubbock90 min
May 24, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn23 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent51 min
May 24, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock, Lynn61 min
May 24, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn31 min

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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.