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Dust Storm Advisory 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this dust storm advisory at Mar 22, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickens County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Stonewall County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 2018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dust storm advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm advisory went out at Mar 22, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 246 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .SHORT TERM... By early this evening, most thunderstorms will be east of the area as lift will quickly move to the east of the region associated with a strong short wave. As the upper level low moves into the Texas Panhandle this evening, surface winds will stay up across the southeastern Texas Panhandle during the overnight hours. The upper low will pull east tonight through early Tuesday morning and will be replaced by short wave ridging on Tuesday afternoon. Surface cyclogenesis in southeastern New Mexico will develop Tuesday afternoon as the next upper low drops into Arizona. A weak quasi- stationary front will extend out across the southern Texas Panhandle. .LONG TERM... Next upper level wave will be located across AZ by Tuesday evening and will approach the state line on Wednesday. This will lead to surface low pressure development just south of the forecast area. This will bring a cold front through the forecast area relatively early in the day on Wednesday. The majority of the precipitation chances with this wave will be in the form of stratiform precipitation wrapping around the low. Based on the current track of the low this would keep the best chances (and highest precipitation totals) across the southwest Texas Panhandle and north into the Panhandle. With temperatures near freezing across the southwest Panhandle this activity may start out as snow or a rain/snow mix with only light accumulations. Temperatures should warm into the low 40's by the afternoon bringing an end to any wintry precipitation. Zonal flow will take hold for a day before an additional upper level wave moves to the north of the area on Friday. This wave should be too far north for any precipitation chances in our region, although it should lead to a warm and windy day. Another albeit weaker shortwave will approach the area Saturday however this will only bring a dry cold front through the forecast area. && .FIRE WEATHER... Elevated fire weather conditions will be possible on Tuesday afternoon in the southwestern South Plains. Very dry air will still be in place across this area leading to afternoon relative humidity values between 10 and 15 percent. However, winds will be much lighter with 20 foot winds only around 15 mph. This will still result in RFTI values between 1 and 3. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for TXZ033-034-039- 040. Wind Advisory until 10 PM CDT this evening for TXZ033>036- 039>042. && 01/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, Kent and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby, Garza | 59 min |
| Mar 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, King | 27 min |
| Mar 22, 3:44 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 113 min |
| Mar 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry | 113 min |
| Mar 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | Lubbock | 64 min |
| Mar 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Crosby | 34 min |
| Mar 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lynn | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 42 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.