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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2021, 11:57 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2021, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2021, 3:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 4603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
097 WWUS74 KLUB 070457 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1157 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ023>026-030>032-037-038-071000- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.210407T0457Z-210407T1000Z/ Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Dickens-King- Including the cities of Tulia, Quitaque, Childress, Guthrie, Lockney, Roaring Springs, Silverton, Spur, Turkey, Paducah, Cee Vee, Floydada, Dickens, Dumont, Memphis, Matador, Kirkland, and Happy 1157 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Northerly winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 to 55 mph. * WHERE...Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley, Briscoe, Hall and Swisher Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will also loft blowing dust which may reduce the visibility to 2 miles or lower at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 23
1 follow-up statement
719 WWUS74 KLUB 070826 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 326 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 TXZ023>026-030>032-037-038-070930- /O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210407T1000Z/ Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Dickens-King- Including the cities of Tulia, Happy, Silverton, Quitaque, Turkey, Memphis, Childress, Kirkland, Floydada, Lockney, Matador, Roaring Springs, Paducah, Cee Vee, Spur, Dickens, Dumont, and Guthrie 326 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have weakened below advisory levels. Thus, the advisory has been cancelled. $$
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.