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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 5, 202112 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2021, 8:21 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2021, 8:21 AM CST (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
4 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, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2021-03-05Temperature 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 2021-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

777 
WWUS74 KLUB 051421
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
821 AM CST Fri Mar 5 2021

TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-051800-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0004.210305T1421Z-210305T1800Z/
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, Farwell, Dimmitt, Hart, 
Tulia, Happy, 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
821 AM CST Fri Mar 5 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and the Panhandle of Texas.

* WHEN...Until noon CST today.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Patchy blowing dust will lower visibilities
  to locally less than a mile next to open fields and construction
  activity/ 

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.