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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Lubbock, TX

December 24, 2021Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2021, 5:58 PM CST for Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2021, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WWUS74 KLUB 242358
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
558 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

TXZ021-022-027-250100-
/O.CAN.KLUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211225T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0024.211224T2358Z-211225T0100Z/
Parmer-Castro-Bailey-
Including the cities of Farwell, Bovina, Friona, Muleshoe,
Dimmitt, and Hart
558 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Bailey, Castro, and Parmer Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CST 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.

&&

$$

TXZ023>025-028>031-033>037-039>042-250100-
/O.CAN.KLUB.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-211225T0100Z/
Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley-Cochran-Hockley-
Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-
Including the cities of Turkey, Denver City, Silverton, Lubbock,
Plains, Spur, Whiteface, Dickens, Matador, Happy, Wolfforth,
Quitaque, Lockney, ODonnell, New Home, Lake Alan Henry, Olton,
Hale Center, Post, Memphis, Amherst, Tulia, Slaton, Littlefield,
Wellman, Plainview, Meadow, Roaring Springs, Crosbyton,
Brownfield, Floydada, Tahoka, Ralls, Levelland, Sundown, and
Morton
558 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind speeds have diminished below advisory levels.

$$

Sincavage
1 follow-up statement
015 
WWUS74 KLUB 250035
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
635 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

TXZ021-022-027-250145-
/O.EXP.KLUB.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-211225T0100Z/
Parmer-Castro-Bailey-
Including the cities of Farwell, Bovina, Friona, Muleshoe,
Dimmitt, and Hart
635 PM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

Strong winds are no longer expected this evening.

$$

Sincavage

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:09 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningLUBBailey, Castro, Parmer15 hr
Dec 24, 3:09 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza and 10 more15 hr

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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.