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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 26, 202111 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2021, 3:05 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 26, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2021, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-10-26Temperature 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 2021-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

624 
WWUS74 KLUB 260805
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
305 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXZ021-022-027>029-033>035-039>041-261615-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0017.211026T1900Z-211027T0000Z/
Parmer-Castro-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Dimmitt, Hart, 
Muleshoe, Littlefield, Amherst, Olton, Plainview, Hale Center, 
Morton, Whiteface, Levelland, Sundown, Lubbock, Wolfforth, 
Slaton, Denver City, Plains, Brownfield, Meadow, Wellman, Tahoka,
New Home, and ODonnell
305 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of the South Plains and the Panhandle of 
  Texas.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few
  power outages are possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
608 
WWUS74 KLUB 261537
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1037 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXZ021-022-027>029-033>035-039>041-270000-
/O.CON.KLUB.WI.Y.0017.211026T1900Z-211027T0000Z/
Parmer-Castro-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Plains, Muleshoe, Whiteface,
Denver City, Wolfforth, ODonnell, New Home, Friona, Olton, Hale
Center, Amherst, Farwell, Slaton, Littlefield, Wellman,
Plainview, Dimmitt, Morton, Meadow, Brownfield, Bovina, Tahoka,
Levelland, Sundown, and Hart
1037 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM 
CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...The western and central South Plains and the southwestern 
  Panhandle of Texas.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few 
  power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

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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.