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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
448 WWUS74 KLUB 082033 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 333 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-090100- /O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.210508T2033Z-210509T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Including the cities of Tulia, Silverton, Lubbock, Plains, Muleshoe, Whiteface, Denver City, Happy, Wolfforth, Quitaque, Lockney, ODonnell, New Home, Friona, Lake Alan Henry, Olton, Hale Center, Post, Crosbyton, Amherst, Farwell, Slaton, Littlefield, Wellman, Plainview, Dimmitt, Hart, Meadow, Brownfield, Bovina, Floydada, Tahoka, Ralls, Levelland, Sundown, and Morton 333 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...The South Plains and the southern Texas Panhandle. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Pazos
1 follow-up statement
341 WWUS74 KLUB 090047 NPWLUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 747 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-090200- /O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-210509T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Including the cities of Tulia, Silverton, Lubbock, Plains, Muleshoe, Whiteface, Denver City, Happy, Wolfforth, Quitaque, Lockney, ODonnell, New Home, Friona, Lake Alan Henry, Olton, Hale Center, Post, Crosbyton, Amherst, Farwell, Slaton, Littlefield, Wellman, Plainview, Dimmitt, Hart, Meadow, Brownfield, Bovina, Floydada, Tahoka, Ralls, Levelland, Sundown, and Morton 747 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds will continue to fall below advisory criteria. The wind advisory will expire at 8 PM CDT. $$ Pazos
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 60 min |
| May 7, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock and 3 more | 59 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Briscoe, Floyd | 23 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Lubbock, Lynn | 59 min |
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.